Ex-Venezuela mayor pleads guilty for $3.8 million in bribes
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A one-time ally of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has pleaded guilty for taking…
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Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
Associated Press Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members – even if they’re dead. The capability, unveiled at…
Continue ReadingStates with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
By The Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in…
Continue ReadingSF school board rescinds vote to cover up Washington mural
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco school board has voted to rescind a previous decision to cover up a George Washington campus mural that…
Continue ReadingFBI: Naval reservist said he stormed Capitol with Proud Boys
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says a U.S. Naval reservist charged with storming the U.S.…
Continue ReadingGreitens RINO video spurred threats to family, lawyer says
By DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The lawyer for the ex-wife of Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens…
Continue ReadingWoman committed over Slender Man stabbing seeks her release
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The second of two women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade…
Continue ReadingWisconsin election investigator says he deleted records
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingChelsea Manning memoir to be published in October
NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir by Chelsea Manning will come out this fall. The book is titled “README.txt,” and it’s scheduled for release Oct.…
Continue ReadingTitle IX: NCAA report shows stark gap in funding for women
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing…
Continue ReadingUvalde victim’s sister pleads for tougher gun laws in Texas
By JIM VERTUNO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Well before the sun came up Thursday, Jazmin Cazares sat on her sister’s…
Continue ReadingSpirit of Virgil Abloh lives on at Louis Vuitton in Paris
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — He may have died in November, but Virgil Abloh lives on at Paris Fashion Week in a high-energy…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said…
Continue ReadingMichigan to destroy some blood spots in fight over consent
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to destroy more than 3 million dried blood spots taken from babies and…
Continue ReadingFDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge
By MATTHEW PERRONE and TOM MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic…
Continue ReadingJudge approves $1B+ deal in deadly Florida condo collapse
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A judge gave final approval Thursday to a settlement topping $1 billion for…
Continue ReadingIs ‘learn now, pay later’ just another student debt trap
By ANNA HELHOSKI of NerdWallet Buy now, pay later financing options are increasingly being offered by for-profit credentialing schools and boot…
Continue ReadingPope orders online release of WWII-era Pius XII Jewish files
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its Jewish files from the…
Continue ReadingGermany says it helped 21,000 people get out of Afghanistan
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says the government has got more than 21,000 former local…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rules for GOP lawmakers in voter ID case
By JESSICA GRESKO and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving Republican legislative leaders in North…
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