Judge holds gun ban for felony defendants unconstitutional
PECOS, Texas (AP) — A U.S. judge in West Texas has ruled unconstitutional a federal law banning those under felony indictments from buying guns.…
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French foreign minister urges Iran: Accept nuclear deal
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France’s foreign minister is urging Iran to take the last offer on the table to revive…
Continue ReadingWitnesses: Myanmar air attack kills 13, including 7 children
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Government helicopters have attacked a school and village in north-central Myanmar, killing at least…
Continue ReadingUS officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico…
Continue ReadingEx-Maui official, businessman plead guilty for Hawaii bribes
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former Maui County official and the Honolulu businessman who paid him $2 million in bribes in…
Continue ReadingDamage assessments begin in flooded remote Alaska villages
By MARK THIESSEN Associted Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska were making contact Monday with some of the most remote villages in…
Continue ReadingFAA rejects airline request to hire less-experienced pilots
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The federal government has turned down a request by a regional airline to hire pilots with half the flying…
Continue ReadingOn sidelines of UN, a push for China’s abuses to be punished
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations will be judged by how it addresses China’s persecution of ethnic…
Continue ReadingBeyond Meat exec accused of biting man’s nose outside a game
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An executive of a vegan food products company has been charged with felony battery and making a terroristic threat after…
Continue ReadingLucille Babineaux, late Louisiana governor’s mom, dies
NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) — Lucille Fremin Babineaux, mother of Louisiana’s first female governor and matriarch of a large family, is dead at age…
Continue ReadingRussian pop star’s war criticism stirs vigorous debate
By ANDREW KATELL Associated Press A Russian mega-pop star’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has set off intense reactions…
Continue ReadingElderly woman dies after pit bull attack at Denver-area home
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — An 89-year-old woman who, along with her 12-year-old grandson, was attacked by two pit bulls at a home west of Denver has…
Continue ReadingJBS to pay $20 million in pork price-fixing settlement
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat…
Continue ReadingMidwestern partnership backs hydrogen as clean energy source
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Seven Midwestern states are teaming up to accelerate the development of…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Inmate confessed to killing 4 women in 1990
By JIM SALTER Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area prosecutors say a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for killing a man in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Bused, flown migrants can live in US — for now
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Republican governors have been sending more migrants released at the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic…
Continue ReadingDOJ probes racism allegations in Kansas City police force
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black officers by the…
Continue ReadingNigeria battles worst floods in years; 300 killed in 2022
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say they are battling the worst flooding the West African nation has…
Continue Reading‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s…
Continue ReadingGLIMPSES: Barricades gatekeep the UN General Assembly
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — How high are the barriers to entry at the U.N. General Assembly? Less than 4 feet (1.2…
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