AP National News

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine House has selected Democrat Rachel Talbot Ross to be its first Black speaker in a…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the family members of a 15-year-old California girl…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jerry Blackwell — one of the prosecutors who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer…

CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state has warned Sudanese leaders that America will impose a travel ban on any individuals who threaten to…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After years of delay, the U.N. body overseeing economic development and social issues…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says Democrats have a better chance of connecting with rural…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police are asking for help finding the occupant of a car that was seen near where four…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in a hit-and-run car crash that killed an 82-year-old…

By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A state judge has ordered five men to stand trial on charges involving a foiled plot…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Many decisions by New Mexico’s most powerful regulatory panel have had direct…

By BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fresh off Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory, Georgia Democrats are…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who was shot and killed by a white police officer…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is urging Georgia officials to deny permits for…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida state Rep. Joe Harding has been indicted on charges defrauding a loan…

By TARA COPP and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Apple has embarked on its latest privacy-enhancing move. The tech giant says it will now offer…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The NCAA has granted an extra year of eligibility to Virginia football players whose eligibility has expired in the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — It has been about a week-and-a-half since the world’s largest volcano began…

NICE, France (AP) — French writer Dominique Lapierre has died at age 91. In 1964, Lapierre drew on archived material to co-author with American…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, after…