Defeated Arizona Rep. Tom O’Halleran reflects on election
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran knows he could have just retired and ceded the sprawling…
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EXPLAINER: Where does the student loan debt plan stand?
By JIM SALTER Associated Press President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan…
Continue ReadingTrump loyalist Boebert’s reelection bid could go to recount
By JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Republican Lauren Boebert’s race against Democrat Adam Frisch remained…
Continue ReadingHow Georgia’s Senate runoff between Walker and Warnock works
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia’s election runoff rules could determine control of the Senate for the second time in a…
Continue ReadingUN rights body to hold urgent session on Iran amid crackdown
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body will hold a special session on Iran in the wake of the government’s violent and deadly…
Continue ReadingJudge halts pot dispensary licenses in parts of New York
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York from issuing recreational marijuana…
Continue ReadingCortez Masto narrows in on Laxalt in Nevada Senate race
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Nevada’s protracted ballot…
Continue ReadingGallagher, watermelon smashing comedian, dies at 76
NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-’em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a…
Continue ReadingHaitian police briefly lose control of armored car
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Just weeks after the United States and Canada sent a fleet of armored vehicles to Haiti to keep…
Continue ReadingKevin Costner: Returning ‘Yellowstone’ is a hit on own terms
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — While a healthy slice of America awaited Sunday’s return of the hit series…
Continue ReadingDemocrat David Trone reelected to US House in Maryland
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland U.S. Rep. David Trone has been reelected, defeating Republican Neil Parrott in a…
Continue Reading2 US House seats in Oregon still unresolved in tight races
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The races for two US House seats in Oregon remained unresolved Friday heading into the…
Continue Reading6 popular Black authors co-write teen romance ‘Whiteout’
BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes, one author isn’t enough to write a novel. You might need two, four or even…
Continue ReadingDeuxmoi, Instagram’s Gossip Girl, talks new novel ‘Anon Pls’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press These days, people hungry for a status update on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson or Shawn Mendes’…
Continue ReadingKey UN committee seeks legal opinion on Israel’s occupation
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. committee has approved a draft resolution calling on the International Court…
Continue ReadingKevin Conroy, a defining voice of Batman, dies at 66
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Conroy, the prolific voice actor whose gravely delivery on “Batman: The Animated Series”…
Continue ReadingCaptain of burning dive boat pleads not guilty in 34 deaths
By STEFANIE DAZIO and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The captain of a dive boat that burned and sank off California three years…
Continue ReadingMexico’s colonial-era city of Oaxaca choked by trash piles
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of Mexico’s most iconic and beloved colonial-era city, Oaxaca, has made a desperate public plea for federal…
Continue ReadingDemocrat Pat Ryan reelected to Congress in New York
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan has won a full term representing part of New York’s Hudson…
Continue ReadingMexico depicts Philadelphia street scenes in anti-drug ads
By MARK STEVENSON and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is using video of homeless people and open-air…
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