US hits Hezbollah accountants with terrorism sanctions
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is slapping terrorism sanctions on two accountants and two companies in Lebanon for…
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Kansas justice chides state law school for ‘closed’ climate
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Supreme Court justice has resigned in protest from a part-time teaching job at a…
Continue ReadingVermont settles religious school tuition lawsuits
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont Agency of Education and several school districts will pay school tuition and legal fees to five families…
Continue Reading‘Regret is not rape,’ Weinstein lawyer says in closing
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial told…
Continue ReadingGermany: Kandinsky sale on hold after Poland alleges theft
BERLIN (AP) — A German auction house says the recent sale of a watercolor by Wassily Kandinsky has been put on hold in response to the Polish…
Continue ReadingBulgarians protest reinstatement of paper election ballots
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Hundreds of people have attended a street protest in Bulgaria’s capital to oppose a revision of the Election Code that…
Continue ReadingArizona county certifies election after judge’s order
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the…
Continue ReadingHawaii eruption brings tourism boon during slow season
By ANDREW SELSKY, AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The spectacle of incandescent lava spewing from Hawaii’s…
Continue ReadingCanadian man charged in deaths of 3 more Indigenous women
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Police alleged Thursday that a Canadian man previously charged with murdering an Indigenous woman also killed three other…
Continue Reading10 Los Angeles students appear to OD on cannabis edibles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten Los Angeles students appear to have overdosed on cannabis edibles Thursday at their middle school in the San Fernando…
Continue ReadingRat Attack: NYC seeks hands-on leader in anti-rodent fight
NEW YORK (AP) — Hate rats? Are you a “somewhat bloodthirsty” New Yorker with excellent communication skills and “a general aura of…
Continue ReadingEx-con gets at least 18 years in severed head case in Vegas
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ex-convict who led police on a chase around Las Vegas before officers found the severed head and…
Continue ReadingDutch prosecutors won’t appeal sole acquittal in MH17 trial
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The Dutch prosecutor’s office says it won’t appeal the acquittal of a man charged in the…
Continue ReadingReport: Wide racial disparity in New York prison discipline
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new report finds that Black and Hispanic people incarcerated in New York state prisons…
Continue ReadingAntonio Brown faces arrest warrant for domestic incident
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is wanted on a battery charge stemming from a domestic incident, Tampa police said…
Continue ReadingChicago Fed names ex-Obama adviser Goolsbee as next leader
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Austan Goolsbee, who was a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, has been…
Continue ReadingMichigan city pays driver $1,000 to settle tire marking case
By ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan city agreed to pay $1,000 to a car owner to settle a lawsuit about marking tires to catch parking violators.…
Continue ReadingCongress votes to avert rail strike amid dire warnings
By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to avert what could have been an economically ruinous freight rail…
Continue ReadingHigh court to rule on Biden student loan cancellation plan
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to decide whether the Biden administration can broadly cancel…
Continue ReadingNC co-pilot’s death in fall from plane ruled accidental
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The death of a pilot who fell from a small airplane in flight in North Carolina in July has been ruled an accident, according…
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