Bipartisan compromise bill would restore abortion rights
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion…
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Dems allege cover-up on Secret Service texts, demand records
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional Democrats have requested sit-down interviews and internal documents from the…
Continue ReadingWestern Nebraska wildfire prompts evacuations, burns homes
GERING, Neb. (AP) — A wildfire that has forced evacuations and destroyed some homes in the Nebraska Panhandle grew to about 25 square miles, but…
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, when a…
Continue ReadingAt school shooter’s trial, families recall lives lost
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Family members from three of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s 17 victims gave…
Continue ReadingFCA US put on probation, must pay $300M for emission scheme
DETROIT (AP) — FCA US, formerly known as Chrysler Group, was placed on probation for three years. It also was ordered to pay roughly $300 million…
Continue ReadingSettlement blocks new federal fracking leases in California
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Leasing for new oil and gas drilling on federal land in central California is…
Continue ReadingAt least 14 potential heat deaths in Oregon after hot spell
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America SEATTLE (AP) — Oregon authorities are investigating four additional deaths potentially linked to…
Continue ReadingTreasury says borrowing needs increased by $262 billion
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is seeking to borrow $444 billion in the current quarter through…
Continue ReadingBiden’s COVID sequel: back on the balcony, dog for company
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s back to the White House balcony and the Treaty Room for President Joe Biden as he contends…
Continue ReadingDemocrat Sinema’s views on economic bill remain shrouded
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s views remained a mystery Monday as party leaders eyed votes…
Continue ReadingBiden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought ‘justice’
By MATTHEW LEE, NOMAAN MERCHANT and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader…
Continue ReadingFACT FOCUS: Wisconsin mobile voting truck claims scrutinized
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservatives online are raising questions about a Wisconsin municipality’s mobile…
Continue ReadingMan charged with murder in weekend slaying of Indiana cop
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Investigators say a man accused of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer during a traffic stop had made a song about…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court certifies ruling ending Trump border policy
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to…
Continue ReadingWVa cities, counties reach $400M settlement with drug firms
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia cities and counties have reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug…
Continue ReadingMan convicted in death and dismemberment of New Mexico girl
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury has convicted a man in the 2016 death of an Albuquerque girl who was strangled, dismembered and set on…
Continue ReadingPalestinians say 1 killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least one Palestinian has been killed and another wounded during an Israeli military raid…
Continue ReadingOfficials: North Dakota murderer kills himself in prison
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was serving life sentences for killing four people at a North…
Continue ReadingSpain moves to replace Franco regime Offical Secrets Law
Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has unveiled a proposed a new Official Secrets Law to replace one enacted under the late dictator Gen.…
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