Texas executes man for slaying of Dallas real estate agent
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed a man who fatally stabbed a suburban Dallas real…
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Attorney: Don’t accept portrayal of R. Kelly as `monster’
By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly kept an ugly side of his life hidden as he escaped poverty in Chicago and…
Continue ReadingAmazon workers in upstate New York file for union election
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Backed by the grassroots labor group that secured the first-ever union victory of an Amazon…
Continue ReadingMurkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski advanced from her primary along with Kelly…
Continue ReadingPolice suspect militants fatally shot local Hindu in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants have killed a Kashmiri Hindu man and injured his brother in a shooting that police blame on militants fighting…
Continue ReadingDonetsk leader calls for ‘beneficial’ ties with North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has sent a…
Continue ReadingCalifornia appeals court rejects COVID-19 fines for church
u SAN J0SE, Calif. (AP) — A California appeals court says a church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large…
Continue ReadingArizona’s border wall delayed after 2 containers topple
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An effort by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to use shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap…
Continue ReadingAfter firing public defense commissioners, new members named
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The day after Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters fired all nine members of the state commission that oversees…
Continue ReadingR Kelly jury picked in child pornography, trial-fixing case
By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has been impaneled R. Kelly’s to decide multiple charges against…
Continue ReadingDog, missing 2 months, found alive inside Missouri cave
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Jeff Bohnert had all but given up on seeing his poodle-hound mix again after she went missing in early June. Two…
Continue ReadingEx-congressman from California arrested, charged with fraud
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Congressman from central California was arrested Tuesday by federal agents on wire fraud, money laundering, and…
Continue ReadingKansas abortion vote: Why recount with such a large margin?
By JOHN HANNA, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and NICK RICCARDI Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ decisive statewide vote in favor of…
Continue ReadingPlan to end railroad contract dispute calls for 24% raises
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract…
Continue ReadingMom accused of killing kids in Idaho seeks change in charges
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a mother charged with conspiring to kill her children in Idaho and to steal…
Continue ReadingNTSB: Copilot who jumped from plane upset about hard landing
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal investigators say a man who jumped to his death from a small airplane in North Carolina appeared to be upset over…
Continue ReadingPolice detail Vegas airport chaos, California man’s arrest
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say two airline ticket agents were hurt when a 33-year-old California man breached security…
Continue ReadingNew York judge sides with Cuomo in dispute over book deal
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has ruled in favor of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and against a state ethics commission that wanted him to give…
Continue ReadingScientists say new climate law is likely to reduce warming
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive incentives for clean energy in the U.S. law signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingTrump’s angry words spur warnings of real violence
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with an AR-15 dies in a shootout after trying to breach FBI offices in Cincinnati.…
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