McConnell backs post-Jan. 6 revisions to elections law
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he will “proudly support” legislation…
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Federal court finds 3rd Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico seeks U.S. waiver as diesel dwindles after storm
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor requested that the U.S. government waive a federal law to…
Continue ReadingLawsuit says woman gave birth alone on Maryland jail floor
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press A woman who said she was left to give birth to her baby alone on the dirty, concrete floor of her jail cell in…
Continue ReadingMeta disables Russian propaganda network targeting Europe
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Facebook says it has identified and stopped a sprawling network of fake accounts that spread Russian propaganda…
Continue ReadingSex abuse allegations spread against cheerleading industry
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A Tennessee cheerleading gym faces sexual abuse allegations in a case that escalates the…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina likely won’t make abortion rules stricter
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have voted not to make changes to the state’s abortion laws…
Continue ReadingCalifornia murder suspect, teen daughter killed in shootout
By STEFANIE DAZIO and ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An abducted 15-year-old girl and her father — a fugitive wanted in the…
Continue ReadingNASA moon rocket back in hangar, launch unlikely until Nov.
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA’s moon rocket is safely back inside its hangar as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida, its launch now…
Continue ReadingLeader of extreme Jewish sect arrested in southern Mexico
By EDGAR H CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a leader of an extreme ultra-orthodox Jewish sect…
Continue ReadingVP Harris seeks computer chip partners in Japan meetings
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Armed with a new law that boosts U.S. support for computer chip manufacturing,…
Continue ReadingVirginia students protest Youngkin transgender policies
By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Student activists are walking out of class across Virginia to protest…
Continue ReadingPrototype electric airplane takes first flight
MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A prototype, all-electric airplane took its first flight Tuesday morning in central Washington state. The Seattle Times…
Continue ReadingWoman hit by train while in police car is out of hospital
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A woman who was seriously injured when the parked police patrol vehicle she was detained in was struck by a train in northern…
Continue ReadingHaaland: ‘Traumatic’ history shown in Brown v. Board schools
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press SUMMERTON, S.C. (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in visiting a…
Continue ReadingWitnesses are no-shows for hearing in Memphis shootings
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A court hearing for a Tennessee man charged with murder in a series of shootings in Memphis…
Continue ReadingParents testify of pain inflicted by Sandy Hook deniers
By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Nicole Hockley lost one son in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. She…
Continue ReadingVegas attraction closed after 3rd dolphin death in 5 months
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A dolphin habitat at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has been temporarily closed after the third mammal death at the attraction in…
Continue ReadingExpert questions whether school shooter’s mom drank heavily
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A prosecution expert testifying in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter…
Continue ReadingNoted New Orleans social services group drops racist’s name
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans social services nonprofit long known as the Kingsley House has ditched the…
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