American Museum of Natural History names new president
NEW YORK (AP) — The American Museum of Natural History has chosen college president Sean Decatur to become its next president, making him the first…
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Dominica’s leader expected to stay following snap elections
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is expected to remain leader of the eastern Caribbean island after…
Continue ReadingCoast Guard faults pilot in Chesapeake Bay ship grounding
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay…
Continue ReadingFight over officer testimony roils Proud Boys sedition case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A legal fight has erupted over a Washington D.C. police officer who was communicating with Proud Boys leader…
Continue ReadingWoman gets 25 years for robbery in which boyfriend killed 6
CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who watched her former boyfriend kill six members of his family in their Chicago home, then helped him steal their property…
Continue ReadingFor Trump, tax fraud case just one of several legal problems
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury convicted Donald Trump’s company of tax fraud Tuesday, a verdict that could damage the…
Continue ReadingBrother finds body Baltimore firefighters missed in building
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Several hours after firefighters extinguished a warehouse fire in southwest Baltimore early Sunday,…
Continue ReadingGarland: Justice Dept.’s civil rights work is key priority
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the early work of the Justice Department’s…
Continue ReadingMississippi grain company’s ex-CEO indicted on fraud charges
GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The former CEO of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company has been indicted on federal and state charges more…
Continue ReadingUS court dismisses suit against Saudi prince in killing
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…
Continue ReadingCawthorn broke rules over ‘meme’ crypto, told to pay $14K
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The House Ethics Committee has told departing U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North…
Continue ReadingAmid outcry, San Francisco pauses on ‘killer police robots’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for…
Continue ReadingJudge orders slaughterhouse cleaners not to hire minors
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge ordered a Wisconsin company that cleans hundreds of slaughterhouses nationwide…
Continue ReadingGreek Orthodox church at World Trade Center reopens at last
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades after a tiny Greek Orthodox church in lower Manhattan was destroyed by the…
Continue ReadingRetiring New Orleans chief saw ranks thin, crime rise
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The head of New Orleans’s police department is retiring. Superintendent Shaun Ferguson…
Continue Reading38 women accuse James Toback of sexual misconduct in lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — More than three dozen women have filed a lawsuit in New York against writer and director James Toback, accusing him of sexual…
Continue ReadingTwo Kansas high schools investigate offensive chants at game
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Two Kansas high schools are investigating after students at one school reportedly yelled racist and offensive…
Continue ReadingSome LGBTQ believers stick with faiths that repudiate them
By KATHRYN POST Religion News Service When queer students at Yeshiva University sued the school for discrimination in spring 2021, critics were quick…
Continue ReadingCosby, NBC, studio face new sex abuse lawsuit from 5 in NY
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Five women who accuse Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them decades ago have filed a new…
Continue ReadingFlorida beach erosion uncovers wooden ship from 1800s
MIKE SCHNEIDER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) — Severe beach erosion from two late-season hurricanes has…
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