Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
By DELMER MARTÍNEZ, SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, Honduras (AP) — Families of the more than 60 people packed…
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California late start law aims to make school less of a yawn
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Middle and high school students in California will be able to sleep a little bit later when the new school year…
Continue ReadingPeru home build vexed by ‘the neighbors’ — Inca-era mummies
By FRANLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Hipólito Tica had saved for decades to finally build himself a proper house in a working…
Continue ReadingLast-minute deal averts casino strike in Atlantic City
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The main union for Atlantic City casino workers reached agreements on new contracts with…
Continue ReadingNicaragua closes Mother Teresa charity, 100 other groups
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Nicaraguan government has closed an additional 101 civic and charity groups, including the local branch of the Missionaries…
Continue ReadingNevada GOP governor candidate to pay for statewide recount
By GABE STERN The Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — A candidate for Nevada governor who lost this month’s Republican primary…
Continue Reading4 ex-Navy officers convicted in ‘Fat Leonard’ bribery trial
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four of five former U.S. naval officers have been convicted of conspiracy, bribery and fraud as part of the “Fat Leonard”…
Continue ReadingMarcos takes helm in Philippines, silent on father’s abuses
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, praised his father’s…
Continue ReadingTrial winds down in shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Both sides rested their cases Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with the killing…
Continue ReadingASEAN special envoy making 2nd visit to strife-torn Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister is visiting Myanmar as part of regional efforts to pursue peace in the country mired in violence and…
Continue ReadingAmazon, Rite Aid cap purchase of emergency contraceptives
By HALELUYA HADERO NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place…
Continue ReadingArizona attorney general: Pre-1901 abortion ban enforceable
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican attorney general says that a pre-statehood law that bans all abortions is…
Continue ReadingPersonal info on California gun owners wrongly made public
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Department of Justice says it wrongly made public the personal…
Continue ReadingRights group finds twin Russian strikes hit Mariupol theater
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Evidence suggests twin Russian airstrikes deliberately targeted a theater being used as a shelter in…
Continue ReadingProsecutors seek prison for 3 ex-cops in Floyd killing
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors want a judge to sentence one of the four former Minneapolis police…
Continue ReadingCalls for Georgia chief to resign after Black man’s shooting
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Religious leaders and others in Georgia’s oldest city have called for the police chief’s resignation and a federal…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico sets 7th electric rate increase in just a year
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in Puerto Rico are raising electric rates again — the seventh time in a year amid continuining power…
Continue ReadingBrazil bank CEO resigns over sexual harassment claims
SAO PAULO (AP) — The head of Brazilian state-run bank Caixa Economica Federal has resigned amid a sexual harassment investigation against him. A…
Continue ReadingNFL inisists on indefinite suspension at Watson hearing
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL and Deshaun Watson’s legal team presented their arguments before a disciplinary officer for a second…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 panel subpoenas counsel who resisted Trump schemes
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to…
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