Uvalde rekindles school police officers’ looming fears
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Tony Ramaeker averages around 14,000 steps a day as he walks around the Nebraska high…
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Kansas voters resoundingly protect their access to abortion
By JOHN HANNA and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to…
Continue ReadingKobach looks for comeback in Kansas attorney general primary
By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Immigration hardliner Kris Kobach is attempting a political comeback…
Continue ReadingDixon wins Michigan GOP governor primary, to face Whitmer
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon has won the Republican primary for Michigan governor. The win…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones’ trial about free speech rights?
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at the start of his Texas defamation trial for…
Continue ReadingPanama teachers end long strike that set off wider protests
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s teachers will return to the classroom Tuesday after a month-long strike supported by a number of other sectors that…
Continue ReadingNicaragua’s government shutters 6 church radio stations
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan authorities have ordered the closures of six radio stations belonging to the…
Continue ReadingUN chief going to Hiroshima for 77th anniversary of A-bomb
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to attend the 77th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing in…
Continue ReadingWatching al-Qaida chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to his death
By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a U.S.…
Continue ReadingGeothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev._ (AP) — The developer of a geothermal power plant facing legal challenges in Nevada has agreed to…
Continue ReadingBiden names FEMA, CDC officials to head monkeypox response
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and…
Continue ReadingDentist found guilty in wife’s death on 2016 African safari
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A wealthy dentist accused of fatally shooting his wife at the end of an African safari has been…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor declares monkeypox state of emergency
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to…
Continue ReadingTrump-backed Wis. candidate won’t commit to backing him
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor endorsed by Donald Trump would not commit to…
Continue ReadingAl-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida
By LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic. That’s when…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Who was al-Zawahri — and why did US kill him?
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who helped Osama…
Continue ReadingRapper Mystikal again accused of rape; held without bond
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press A Louisiana sheriff says rapper Mystikal is again accused of rape. Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said…
Continue ReadingArizona official refutes review that counted 282 dead voters
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican attorney general of Arizona says his investigators found just one dead voter…
Continue ReadingDriver charged in deaths of 2 bicyclists on charity ride
IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been charged with causing the deaths of two bicyclists who were struck by her vehicle while riding in a weekend…
Continue ReadingNLRB dismisses Starbucks charge against union organizers
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a charge Starbucks filed against union organizers in Phoenix,…
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