Federal report boosts plan to remove 4 dams on Calif river
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday issued a final environmental impact statement that supports…
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Takeaways from the unsealed Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
By JILL COLVIN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the FBI affidavit justifying the search of Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingArtist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in ‘troublesome’ times
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei lampoons the surveillance state and social media with…
Continue ReadingGrown kids recall Vegas dad whose bones ID’d from Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The identification of bones found in May on the receding shoreline of Lake Mead has resurfaced family memories of a 42-year-old…
Continue ReadingSources: Crist picks teachers union leader as running mate
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two people close to his campaign say Florida Democratic…
Continue ReadingPipeline operator agrees to guilty plea in California spill
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator and two subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to negligently discharging oil off the Southern…
Continue ReadingFather, son clinging to cooler rescued from Boston Harbor
BOSTON (AP) — In the nick of time, the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit rescued a father and son who were desperately clinging to a…
Continue ReadingGOP, Dems seek political boost from student loan debt plan
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — To Democrats championing the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan, it was the…
Continue ReadingLawmakers pass flood-relief legislation for eastern Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have passed a measure injecting nearly $213 million into a…
Continue ReadingColorado mom guilty of Qanon kidnapping conspiracy
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mother accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after her teen daughter…
Continue ReadingMan with rifle arrested after robbery at Mall of America
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A man with a rifle was arrested at the Mall of America after what police said was an armed robbery, just three weeks…
Continue ReadingConnecticut man pleads guilty to crime related to Jan. 6
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who had secret security clearance at submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat has pleaded guilty…
Continue ReadingUS, China reach deal in dispute over Chinese company audits
By MARCY GORDON and JOE MCDONALD AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and China have reached a preliminary agreement allowing U.S.…
Continue ReadingAfghan refugee enters not guilty plea in Muslim slayings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A lawyer for an Afghan refugee accused in the slayings of three Muslim men in…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 54 cents to $93.06 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…
Continue ReadingArizona Supreme Court keeps voting rights measure off ballot
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says a voter initiative rolling back Republican-backed election law…
Continue ReadingOfficial: 6 of 43 missing Mexican students given to army
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six of the 43 college students “disappeared” in 2014 were…
Continue ReadingTrump’s NYC golf course to host Saudi-backed women’s event
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City-owned golf course managed by former President Donald Trump’s business is…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico super PAC president sentenced in dark money case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The president of a super PAC in Puerto Rico who pled guilty to hiding the identity of donors who supported the U.S.…
Continue ReadingJudge declines to require hand count of Arizona ballots
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has refused to require that Arizona officials count ballots by hand in…
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