Official: 8 more die as Haiti prisons lack food, water
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An official says at least eight inmates have died at an overcrowded…
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New Mexico election drama has roots in wider county movement
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — A rural New Mexico county’s initial refusal to certify…
Continue ReadingOil industry says Granholm meeting sends ‘positive signal’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups representing the oil industry and refiners say a meeting with Energy Secretary Jennifer…
Continue ReadingAid groups warn of grave consequences if Syria mandate stops
BEIRUT (AP) — Aid agencies say that if the U.N. Security Council does not extend its approval of deliveries to rebel-held parts of northwestern…
Continue ReadingFeds search Trump-era official’s home, subpoena GOP leaders
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched a former top Justice Department…
Continue ReadingUS rep blames abortion supporters for Michigan office damage
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A Republican U.S. representative says he believes abortion rights activists may be behind vandalism at the building his…
Continue ReadingNY leaders vow new gun limits after Supreme Court ruling
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Democratic leaders aim to preserve as many restrictions…
Continue ReadingWorld’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove…
Continue ReadingCourt: Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Connecticut woman who says she’s descended from slaves shown in widely published,…
Continue ReadingNursing director admits lying about fake vaccination cards
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A former nursing director pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to federal agents in South Carolina…
Continue ReadingMan convicted last year of killing 2 in 1976 dies in prison
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A man serving two life terms for killing a Wisconsin couple in a slaying that went unsolved for decades has died in prison,…
Continue ReadingPublix supermarkets not offering COVID vaccine to young kids
By FREIDA FRISARO and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Publix supermarket chain isn’t offering the…
Continue ReadingStates make pitches to vote 1st in 2024 Democratic primaries
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen states and Puerto Rico are jockeying for early slots on a new Democratic presidential…
Continue ReadingPowell: Fed must convince public it can tame inflation
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As if their job weren’t hard enough at a time of raging inflation, Chair Jerome Powell and…
Continue ReadingCourt backs arrest by officers responding to ShotSpotter
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who was…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco police release photo of alleged subway shooter
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in San Francisco are searching for a man who shot and killed one person and wounded another inside a…
Continue ReadingPair face fines after taking raccoon into pet store
ATTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York man and woman face fines of $500 each after they took a raccoon to a pet store to shop for food and…
Continue ReadingRick Astley revisits his career-making song with ‘gratitude’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How does Rick Astley handle one of his songs being part of the biggest internet meme of all…
Continue ReadingSenate OKs landmark gun violence bill, House passage is next
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Billie Jean King on Title IX’s 50th anniversary
By MELISSA MURPHY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Tennis great and champion for equality Billie Jean…
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