Jan. 6: Pressure, unsung heroes and Trump’s Watergate echoes
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee began its work under deep political…
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Muti’s legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In the twilight of his music directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti candidly…
Continue ReadingAfter Roe, Dems seek probe of tech’s use of personal data
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Supreme Court ending the constitutional protections for abortion, four Democratic…
Continue ReadingAirlines aim to shift blame for flight problems to FAA
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines under scrutiny for widespread flight disruptions are renewing their criticism of the…
Continue ReadingCoast Guard: Overdue sailors are safe, on course to Virginia
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Two people reported overdue after deciding to return to Virginia in their weather-damaged sailboat instead of continuing…
Continue ReadingQatar’s emir in Cairo for 1st time since Arab spat resolved
CAIRO (AP) — Qatar’s emir has arrived in Cairo, his first visit to the country following years of frayed ties and a boycott of Doha by four Arab…
Continue ReadingUS abortion ruling sparks global debate, polarizes activists
By DÁNICA COTO and CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States has…
Continue ReadingMonkeypox outbreak growing across Britain
LONDON (AP) — British officials said the monkeypox outbreak in the U.K. is growing across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or…
Continue ReadingWith Roe over, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest suspect in fatal San Francisco train shooting
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say they have arrested a suspect in this week’s fatal shooting of a man on a…
Continue ReadingTunisian officers stabbed near synagogue; suspect arrested
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Authorities in Tunisia say a man with a knife attacked police officers stationed near…
Continue ReadingFrom joy to anger, faith leaders react to Roe’s reversal
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion, and reactions from faith leaders ranged from…
Continue ReadingSome US clinics stop doing abortions as ruling takes hold
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Abortion bans that were put on the books in some states in the event Roe v. Wade was overturned started…
Continue ReadingLawsuits challenge Oklahoma anti-protest law; riot charges
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Six Oklahomans have filed two federal lawsuits that challenge a state law intended to crack…
Continue ReadingJuul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday…
Continue ReadingEx-Minneapolis officer who killed 911 caller to be released
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who called 911 to report…
Continue ReadingDecaying body of boy, 3, found in freezer; mother arrested
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A 30-year-old woman has been arrested after the decomposing body of her 3-year-old…
Continue ReadingHearing set for Wisconsin teen accused of killing girl
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager accused of killing a 10-year-old girl will find out in September…
Continue ReadingUN body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women, girls’ rights
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body is to hold an urgent debate next week to discuss the erosion of rights of women and girls in…
Continue ReadingLegal battles likely as divided states grapple with abortion
By JOHN HANNA, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to abortion…
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