Kansas race tests which matters more: Economy or abortion?
By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ only Democrat in Congress is hoping abortion-rights…
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Cuba begins to turn on lights after Ian blacks out island
BY ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials said they had begun to restore some power Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked…
Continue ReadingLawsuit demands San Francisco stop homeless camp sweeps
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless people and their advocates sued the city of San Francisco in federal court on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince is named prime minister
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been appointed prime minister by royal decree.…
Continue ReadingImperial Japan university unites graduates decades after war
By CHISATO TANAKA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Inspired by her Taiwanese grandfather, a journalist in Japan has illuminated a little-known…
Continue ReadingCuba without electricity after hurricane hammers power grid
BY ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian knocked out power across all of Cuba and devastated some of the country’s most…
Continue ReadingInmate serving life for fatal Vegas bombing escapes prison
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities were searching Tuesday for a 42-year-old convicted bombmaker who escaped from a Nevada prison where he was serving a…
Continue ReadingTampa’s Phoenix simulation anticipated Category 5 hurricane
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press A 2009 planning exercise dubbed Project Phoenix eerily anticipated the potential damage the Tampa Bay area…
Continue ReadingHawaii fines US Navy for unauthorized sewage release
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Health is fining the U.S. Navy $8.8 million for repeatedly discharging…
Continue ReadingBiden keeps US target for refugee admissions at 125,000
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday kept the nation’s cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the…
Continue ReadingTeen killed, 4 wounded in shooting after football scrimmage
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old youth was killed and four other students were wounded in a shooting near a northwest Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingFlorida schools, South Carolina move home games ahead of Ian
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three Sunshine State universities took steps Tuesday to salvage home football games as…
Continue ReadingChicago police charge man who infiltrated SWAT training
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police have filed eight felony counts against a man who infiltrated a police facility while officers were undergoing a SWAT…
Continue ReadingHurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change,…
Continue ReadingManchin ends pipeline push, easing path for spending bill
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin has abandoned his push to speed up the permitting process for energy projects.…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 panel delays hearing as Hurricane Ian aims at Florida
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioter, a ‘one man wrecking ball,’ gets 7-year term
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge sentenced a Capitol rioter to seven years in prison Tuesday, calling the Iowa man a…
Continue ReadingDEA: Fake pills containing fentanyl helping drive OD deaths
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say an increasing number of fake prescription pills containing…
Continue ReadingJetBlue CEO first witness in US lawsuit against 2 airlines
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A trial is underway in the federal government’s lawsuit aiming to kill a partnership between American…
Continue ReadingNAACP says Jackson’s water problems are civil rights issue
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NAACP on Tuesday accused Mississippi of discriminating…
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