Feds: $401M will add high-speed internet to rural US places
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve…
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US to fill border wall gaps in Arizona for safety reasons
ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Border officials got the go-ahead Thursday to fill four remaining gaps in the U.S.-Mexico wall near the…
Continue ReadingGovernments ramp up demands for user info, Twitter warns
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter warned Thursday that governments around the globe are asking the company to remove…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts Trader Joe’s workers approve union drive
Employees at a Trader Joe’s supermarket in Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest workers at a major company to approve a labor union. The…
Continue ReadingCongress OKs bill to aid computer chip firms, counter China
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific…
Continue ReadingWolf sues to stop GOP-backed amendments on abortion, voting
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor is suing the Legislature over a package of proposed…
Continue ReadingBeating victim cleared as Louisiana trooper awaits trial
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Charges have been dropped against a Black north Louisiana man whose severe beating before he…
Continue ReadingLouisiana rapper killed in shooting in his hometown
BOGALUSA, La. (AP) — Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan was fatally shot in his hometown of Bogalusa, north of New Orleans, police said. The musician,…
Continue ReadingIn Georgia, Democrats look to abortion rights to lure votes
By JEFF AMY Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — With new abortion restrictions clamping down in Georgia, Democrats hope their advocacy of…
Continue ReadingMan who accosted US Rep. Zeldin on stage remains jailed
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man who accosted U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin on stage as the Republican campaigned for…
Continue ReadingOklahoma pair arrested in child’s death, body was burned
SEMINOLE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say an Oklahoma man and a woman described as his girlfriend have been arrested for the death of a young child…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Melissa Barrera survives, on screen and in Hollywood
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Since her breakthrough role as Vanessa in the film adaptation of “In The Heights,”…
Continue ReadingGov’t: US Bank workers opened fake accounts for sales goals
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a decade, US Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’…
Continue ReadingFlooding in central Appalachia kills at least 3 in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER, REBECCA REYNOLDS and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY Associated Press JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in…
Continue ReadingJudge: Wisconsin probe found ‘absolutely no’ election fraud
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020…
Continue ReadingNigerian leader faces impeachment threats amid insecurity
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Opposition lawmakers in Nigeria have threatened to impeach the country’s president…
Continue ReadingNo bond for accused rapist of girl who traveled for abortion
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to…
Continue ReadingEthiopia says ready for talks with Tigray forces ‘anytime’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A senior Ethiopian official says the government is ready for talks with rival forces from the country’s northern Tigray…
Continue ReadingAmnesty urges Egypt to free prominent activist, allow access
CAIRO (AP) — A leading human rights watchdog is urging Egyptian authorities to allow the family of a prominent activist serving a five-year…
Continue ReadingGeorgia woman dies after falling out of patrol car
SPARTA, Ga. (AP) — State investigators looking into the death of a Georgia woman who fell out of a patrol car after being arrested have concluded…
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