California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tougher clean energy goals and a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools…
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Jan. 6 panel asks former Speaker Gingrich for information
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is seeking information from former…
Continue ReadingWoman’s trial for 2 Kansas deaths ends with hung jury
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A jury in Kansas could not reach a verdict in the case of a woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend. After…
Continue ReadingFrance: UN will approve Senegal’s Bathily as Libya UN envoy
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has nominated Abdoulaye Bathily to be the new…
Continue ReadingCDC endorses updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters. The decision opens the…
Continue ReadingAmazon bid to scrap historic union win blocked
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A hearing officer for a federal labor board has rebuffed Amazon’s attempt to scrap a…
Continue ReadingStarbucks names former PepsiCo executive as new CEO
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO. The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman…
Continue ReadingJudge declines to overturn Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of…
Continue ReadingMichigan high court asked to OK ballot question on abortion
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SARA BURNETT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An abortion-rights group has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to…
Continue ReadingEx-NYPD officer gets 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to a record-setting…
Continue ReadingUS changes focus to long-term residency for more Afghans
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration is phasing out a program that aimed to give at-risk Afghans a quicker…
Continue ReadingState opposes lawsuit to block execution of Alabama inmate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an inmate who’s trying to halt his…
Continue ReadingMississippi capital’s water disaster developed over decades
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside…
Continue ReadingFor Cate Blanchett, Todd Field’s ‘TÁR’ was ‘undeniable’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Todd Field didn’t write “TÁR” with Cate Blanchett in mind. He wrote it for Cate…
Continue ReadingSome improvement seen as Jackson water woes continue
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi officials set up emergency distribution centers for…
Continue ReadingWith ‘Bardo,’ Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns to Mexico
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new film “Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of…
Continue ReadingAtlanta hospital announces closure, drawing mayor’s ire
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One of Atlanta’s largest hospitals says it plans to shut down in two months after…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s independence museum reopening ahead of bicentennial
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — One of Brazil’s most popular museums is reopening as part of the country’s bicentennial…
Continue ReadingIndiana man charged with murder in Dutch soldiers’ shooting
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 22-year-old Indiana man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Dutch…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Ohio man’s police shooting death reckless, senseless
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police came under criticism Thursday for the killing of a man who was lying…
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