Japanese former leader Abe honored at divisive state funeral
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, has been honored by a rare and divisive…
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Foes of Arizona voucher expansion likely fail to make ballot
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative think tank says a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system…
Continue ReadingPatrol spots Chinese, Russian naval ships off Alaska island
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile…
Continue ReadingVulnerable Tampa Bay braces for storm not seen in a century
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It’s been more than a century since a major storm like Hurricane Ian has struck the…
Continue ReadingAppeals court blocks California ban on for-profit prisons
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A larger panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has again blocked California’s…
Continue ReadingEx-Alaska attorney general pleads not guilty to sexual abuse
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former Alaska attorney general has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused a…
Continue ReadingArizona abortion clinics send women to other states
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When an Arizona judge ruled last week that prosecutors can resume enforcing a…
Continue ReadingShooting suspect believed to be on run with his daughter, 15
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Police in Southern California say a woman was shot to death in a domestic violence incident, and the suspect is on the run…
Continue ReadingLatin America development bank axes chief after ethics probe
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank have voted to fire its president, Mauricio…
Continue ReadingPlea agreements reached by 4 in NC Congress ballot probe
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four people have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud…
Continue ReadingGOP attacks Minnesota governor in $250M food fraud case
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republicans have attacked Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after a judge took the…
Continue ReadingWichita man sentenced in ‘swatting’ case that led to death
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a hoax call that led to police shooting and killing an…
Continue ReadingProsecutor who worked on 1 renewal of Emmett Till case dies
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prosecutor who worked on one of the renewed investigations into the 1955 killing of Black teenager Emmett…
Continue ReadingNavy bribery fugitive ‘Fat Leonard’ seeks Venezuelan asylum
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The fugitive defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who…
Continue ReadingAP source: Funding bill includes more than $12B on Ukraine
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators have agreed to include more than $12 billion in Ukraine-related aid in a stopgap…
Continue ReadingCBO: Biden’s student debt plan would cost $400 billion
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Congressional Budget Office estimates that President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will…
Continue ReadingNew killing adds to fears of Brazil election violence
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police say a 39-year-old supporter of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva…
Continue ReadingChief: Man shot by Chicago police infiltrated SWAT training
By COREY WILLIAMS and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a Chicago police…
Continue ReadingBiden praises Braves’ ‘unstoppable, joyful run’ to 2021 win
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday the Atlanta Braves will be “forever known as…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina cannabis fight persists in farmer’s lawsuit
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina hemp farmer is suing several state agencies for…
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