Power Rangers actor charged with paycheck protection fraud
PLANO, Texas (AP) — The actor who played the Red Power Ranger in the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” films and television series has been…
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Teacher defends LGBTQ lesson plan that was spiked by state
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A teacher whose LGBTQ lesson plan for kindergartners was removed from a state website says the governor and education…
Continue ReadingAustralian Labor topples conservatives; PM faces early tests
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s center-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after…
Continue ReadingSearch for Texas inmate expands as land, air operations end
CENTERVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say the search by ground and air in the Texas county where a convicted murderer escaped from a prison…
Continue ReadingMinnesota holds special primary for late congressman’s seat
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Voters in southern Minnesota will choose candidates in a special primary next week.…
Continue ReadingLongtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an…
Continue ReadingBattery charge dropped against Florida rapper Rod Wave
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A domestic battery charge against a 23-year-old Florida rapper who goes by the name Rod Wave has has been dropped.…
Continue ReadingMontana not following transgender birth certificate ruling
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — It’s been a month since a Montana judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a law…
Continue ReadingRare northern Michigan tornado kills 1, injures more than 40
By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) — A rare northern Michigan tornado tore through a small community on Friday,…
Continue ReadingSyria says Israel has carried out new attack near Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian official media say Israel has carried out a new attack near the capital Friday night. Explosions were heard in…
Continue ReadingEx-‘American Idol’ star charged in crash granted bond
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has granted bond for the former “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a man with…
Continue ReadingEPA, NJ announce $588M in water infrastructure spending
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press MOORESTOWN, N.J. (AP) — More than half a billion dollars in federal and state funds will go to nearly 30 water…
Continue ReadingExtreme fire threats prompt US suspension of planned burns
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Forest Service is suspending planned burning operations to…
Continue ReadingWoman, daughter arrested in bullying dispute at a SC school
DALZELL, S.C. (AP) — A 67-year-old South Carolina woman and her daughter face charges of assault after a dispute over bullying at a middle school.…
Continue ReadingPa. Senate GOP primary too close to call, recount likely
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat is too close to call and is…
Continue ReadingHandling of Buffalo suspect spurs talk of uneven restraint
By DEEPTI HAJELA and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When police confronted the white man suspected of killing 10 Black people at a…
Continue ReadingRuling in securities case could mean limits on regulators
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A divided federal appeals court panel in New Orleans says a hedge fund manager fined by the…
Continue ReadingFirst lady Jill Biden visits Panama on Latin America tour
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden has arrived in Panama, her second stop on a three-country Latin…
Continue ReadingPreservationists seek to acquire beloved Hollywood convent
By ALEJANDRA MOLINA Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Fearing the Monastery of the Angels could be sold for private use or redevelopment,…
Continue ReadingAvenatti, facing sentencing, apologizes to Stormy Daniels
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Convicted California lawyer Michael Avenatti wants leniency at sentencing for defrauding…
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