Va. Senate Democrats kill effort to repeal electric car rule
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Senate Democrats have defeated several Republican efforts to repeal a law that aims…
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California sees extensive storm damage as weather calms
By JOHN ANTCZAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Key roadways remained closed and officials estimated thousand of homes…
Continue ReadingUtah man who killed family faced 2020 abuse investigation
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed seven family members before taking his own life this month had been…
Continue ReadingNeighbors sue Arizona city to restore water cut in drought
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Residents living in a community just outside Scottsdale, Arizona are feuding with the city they long…
Continue ReadingWalker campaign staffer lawsuit says GOP activist groped him
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press A staffer on Herschel Walker’s Republican Senate campaign has filed a lawsuit against prominent conservative…
Continue ReadingUS set to drop charges that NYPD officer spied for China
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping charges against a New York City police officer and military veteran who…
Continue Reading4 Tennessee church members killed in Texas plane crash
YOAKUM, Texas (AP) — A small plane crash in Texas has left four members of a Tennessee church dead and the lead pastor injured. That’s…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota weighs ban of ‘sexually explicit’ library books
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Books containing “sexually explicit” content — including depictions of sexual or gender…
Continue ReadingJury mostly backs police sued by soldier over a traffic stop
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A jury in Virginia has found mostly in favor of two police officers who were sued by a U.S.…
Continue ReadingExcessive speed listed as cause of fatal UGa wreck
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Police say Georgia football player Devin Willock wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle…
Continue ReadingAllen announces withdrawal from voter registration group
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has withdrawn from a 32-state voter registration partnership. New Secretary of…
Continue ReadingPlastic as art? Entire grocery store created from discards
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded…
Continue ReadingDC mayor and council at odds over new criminal code
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., mayor and city council are locked in a public dispute over how to respond…
Continue ReadingSearchers for missing Oklahoma girl find remains of child
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Authorities searching for the body of a missing 4-year-old Oklahoma girl say a child’s remains have been found,…
Continue ReadingMontana lawmaker seeks to overturn abortion ruling
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana legislature is considering a proposal that would interpret the state’s…
Continue ReadingUS won’t seek death penalty for alleged Texas Walmart gunman
By JAKE BLEIBERG and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly…
Continue ReadingSt. Thomas plans new arena for D1 profile, gets $75M gift
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer St. Thomas has made its latest major move with a plan to build a new arena on campus for basketball and hockey. The…
Continue ReadingUS appeals court to weigh NCAA case over pay for athletes
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA will ask a federal appeals court next month to block a lawsuit that seeks to have…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How ominous is the debt limit problem?
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of hitting the nation’s legal borrowing limit on Thursday, the government is…
Continue ReadingGroup faces civil rights penalties for race-motivated banner
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The attorney general’s office in New Hampshire says a group accused of displaying…
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