US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion…
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Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell is off to Florida to serve a 20-year prison sentence for…
Continue ReadingMichigan medical students protest anti-abortion speaker
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Dozens of University of Michigan medical students walked out of a…
Continue Reading‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and…
Continue ReadingPet boa constrictor strangles owner; police investigate
FOGELSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in Pennsylvania say a man has died after his pet boa constrictor wrapped itself around his neck. The Lehigh…
Continue ReadingWisconsin disabled voters file federal lawsuit over ballots
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four people in Wisconsin with disabilities have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to…
Continue ReadingChess-playing robot breaks child’s finger at Moscow event
MOSCOW (AP) — A chess-playing robot grabbed the finger of its 7-year-old opponent and broke it during last week’s Moscow Chess Open…
Continue ReadingDefense seeks sanctions against state in Flint water case
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Lawyers for Michigan’s former health director are asking a judge to sanction prosecutors. The move…
Continue ReadingJudge: Georgia probe prosecutor can’t question state senator
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor who’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies…
Continue ReadingMississippi schools could make their own gun policies
MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi school districts can temporarily make their own rules for…
Continue ReadingMurkowski says she has tested positive for COVID-19
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she has tested positive for COVID-19. She made the announcement on the social media…
Continue ReadingBahamian officials search for survivors after boat sinks
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas are combing shorelines and open waters in hopes of finding more survivors after a boat…
Continue ReadingMan pleads not guilty to raping Ohio 10-year-old
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty in Ohio to…
Continue Reading‘Earliest animal predator’ named after David Attenborough
LONDON (AP) — A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the…
Continue ReadingPolice: Woman opened fire in Dallas airport; cop shot her
DALLAS (AP) — A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport on Monday before an…
Continue ReadingHeat wave to hit Northwest as Northeast sees some relief
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Pacific Northwest is bracing for a major heat wave just as the…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron heads to Africa for three-nation trip
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau. The four-day visit is the French leader’s first…
Continue ReadingSen. Manchin isolating after positive COVID test
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. The 74-year-old Democrat from West…
Continue ReadingFed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Conflicting signs about the health of the U.S. economy have thrust the Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingUS could require steps for dams to save last Atlantic salmon
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on a Maine river that could…
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