Rule broadens scope of gun-card applicant’s potential threat
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Police Department has implemented an emergency rule to allow…
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Timeline of Roman Polanski’s 45-year-old teen sex abuse case
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The release of a transcript of previously sealed testimony in Roman Polanski’s long-running sex…
Continue ReadingOwner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won’t reopen
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi abortion clinic at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Cows block Florida’s Turnpike after truck fire
ST. CLOUD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say traffic on Florida’s Turnpike stopped moooooving for several hours after a cattle hauler caught fire, and…
Continue ReadingTrial begins in death of retired St. Louis police captain
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who prosecutors say killed a retired St. Louis police captain during looting on a violent night in 2020 is on trial this…
Continue ReadingAlabama court sets Sept 22 execution for 1999 triple killing
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has set an execution date for a mentally disturbed truck driver convicted of killing three men in…
Continue ReadingSenate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to…
Continue ReadingIdaho GOP rejects abortion exception to save mother’s life
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Republican Party has rejected adding language to their platform to allow an abortion to save the life of the…
Continue ReadingNRA slams Trump’s Wisconsin candidate over false endorsement
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Rifle Association has issued a stinging rebuke after Wisconsin Republican…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia cops seek man accused of rape in subway station
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police are looking for a man they say raped a woman on a subway platform while holding her boyfriend at gunpoint.…
Continue ReadingLane, ex-cop convicted in Floyd killing, set to be sentenced
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has scheduled sentencing this week for a former Minneapolis police officer convicted of violating George Floyd’s…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Jordan Peele on the dreams and nightmares of ‘Nope’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s little in contemporary movies quite like the arrival of a new Jordan Peele film. They tend…
Continue ReadingLetter: Ex-Little Rock police chief justified in firing gun
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Little Rock, Arkansas, police chief who fired his gun at an armed suspect on New Year’s Eve won’t…
Continue ReadingGunfire, shootings and panic mar American weekend
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MARC LEVY The Associated Press A man firing a rifle killed shoppers at an Indiana mall’s food court. A gunfight at a…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks enforcement of West Virginia abortion ban
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge in West Virginia’s capital has blocked enforcement of the state’s…
Continue ReadingExtradition of Mexican drug lord to US not likely to be fast
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge’s ruling means the extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero,…
Continue Reading4 dead in weekend Colorado crash of small plane in woods
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says four people died in a small plane crash Sunday in the…
Continue ReadingUS developing satellite system to track hypersonic weapons
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will spend $1.3 billion to develop advanced satellites that will be able to better…
Continue ReadingOlena Zelenska, Ukraine first lady, on high-profile US trip
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in bomb threat that led to airport evacuation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say they have arrested an Oakland man for allegedly reporting a false bomb threat over the weekend…
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