Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have aggressively batted down rumors and slanted and…
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Fired deputy who was charged with assault wins sheriff race
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A fired Vermont sheriff’s deputy who was charged with simple assault for kicking a shackled prisoner has been…
Continue ReadingNevada high court rejects plea to stop county’s hand-count
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court denied an emergency writ from two voting rights groups…
Continue ReadingGeorgia sheriff investigates jailers shown punching detainee
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Security video from a Georgia jail shows a detainee being repeatedly punched in the head and…
Continue ReadingFormer Kansas detective, 3 others accused of sex trafficking
By MARGARET STAFFORD and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A former Kansas police detective and three other men have been charged in a federal…
Continue ReadingJury tells filmmaker Haggis to pay $10M total in rape suit
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay an additional $2.5 million in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Where does student loan forgiveness stand?
A federal appeals court St. Louis has thrown up another roadblock for President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to…
Continue ReadingIsrael Defense Minister: US probes Shireen Abu Akleh killing
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Minister says the United States government has started an investigation…
Continue ReadingAppeals court ruling keeps Biden student debt plan on hold
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of borrowers was handed…
Continue ReadingPolice: Woman arrested in connection with missing Idaho boy
FRUITLAND, Idaho (AP) — Police in southwestern Idaho have arrested a woman in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old boy who went…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: No criminal charges expected from Giuliani raid
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, TOM HAYS and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal…
Continue Reading1970s sandals worn by Steve Jobs auctioned for $218K
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California house where Steve Jobs co-founded Apple is a historical site, and now the sandals he wore while pacing its floors…
Continue ReadingJay Leno suffers burns in gasoline fire, says he’s ‘OK’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno suffered “serious burns” but said Monday that he was doing OK, according to reports. “I got some serious burns…
Continue ReadingSon of WVa helicopter crash victim files wrongful death suit
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The son of a man who died in a June helicopter crash in West Virginia that killed six…
Continue ReadingJudge grants partial victory to lawyer suing MSG over ban
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has granted a partial victory to a lawyer who sued Madison Square Garden after he and…
Continue ReadingRoberta Flack has ALS, now ‘impossible to sing,’ rep says
NEW YORK (AP) — A representative for Roberta Flack has announced that the legendary musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and…
Continue ReadingThreats to schools across US may be coming from overseas
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents believe a recent spate of threats and false reports of shooters at high…
Continue ReadingMacKenzie Scott acknowledges another $2B in donations
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations in a short blog…
Continue ReadingSiebel Newsom gives emotional testimony of Weinstein rape
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin…
Continue ReadingCoach: Slain Virginia football players ‘were all good kids’
By HANK KURZ Jr. and BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus…
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