Ex-Haiti sports minister repatriated to face rape charges
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say a former sports minister accused of rape, sexual abuse and indecent exposure has been…
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Knock-knock. Are any ivory-billed woodpeckers out there?
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says experts disagree strongly about whether…
Continue ReadingHutchinson’s Jan. 6 committee testimony a television hit
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the Jan. 6 committee was…
Continue ReadingGroup aims to harness anger over crime to oust LA prosecutor
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Supporters of an effort to oust Los Angeles County’s progressive prosecutor say they have…
Continue ReadingSchool system enters settlement in desegregation case
MADISON, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has approved an agreement to settle a long-running school desegregation case with a north Alabama school…
Continue ReadingPolice haul off big cats, other animals after sanctuary raid
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico City have begun hauling away 177 lions, tigers, jaguars and other…
Continue ReadingRural Florida county shocked by fentanyl deaths over holiday
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A small, rural county just west of Florida’s capital is stunned by an unheard-of…
Continue ReadingUS, UK leaders raise fresh alarms about Chinese espionage
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The FBI director and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency are raising alarms about…
Continue ReadingMan charged with killing mother at sea seeks freedom
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars is asking a federal court judge to…
Continue ReadingAmazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal…
Continue ReadingSchool shooter’s use of swastikas is focus of court fight
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are battling over…
Continue ReadingChristians strip down at a South Texas nudist community
By JEREMY LINDENFELD Religion News Service (RNS) — Outside the small Texas town of Elsa, a sheet metal fence too tall to see over surrounds a few…
Continue ReadingGovernor signs $1.2B water plan as Arizona faces cutbacks
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation that will provide $1.2 billion over three years to…
Continue ReadingJudge: Execution can’t proceed without religious requests
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge has issued a temporary order telling Texas prison officials that they can carry…
Continue ReadingVideo: Police smash man’s head to ground in parking arrest
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Rhode Island are looking into the conduct of two longtime Providence police officers shown on…
Continue ReadingStates move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic governors in states where abortion…
Continue ReadingBiologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Chauvin heads to federal prison for Floyd’s death
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to swap solitary confinement at…
Continue ReadingFed: Sharply higher rates may be needed to quell inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers…
Continue ReadingBill Allen, key figure in Alaska corruption scandal, dies
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A central figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. Bill Allen was 85. A funeral home in Colorado…
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