Amber Heard cross-examined about fights with Johnny Depp
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for Johnny Depp on Tuesday questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard’s…
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Firefighters demoted for drug use after death investigation
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — An investigation into the January death of a Connecticut firefighter has led to the discovery of drug use among others,…
Continue ReadingMurder conviction vacated for Vegas real estate mogul’s wife
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge has vacated the murder conviction of a 78-year-old Las Vegas woman who spent 20 years in prison for the 1994 killing of…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: Students taunted Black student, threatened lynching
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A lawsuit alleges that administrators at a Missouri school district that is the subject of a federal civil…
Continue ReadingEnvironmentalists oppose more life for California nuke plant
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of environmental and anti-nuclear organizations are opposing any attempt to extend…
Continue ReadingHouse Jan. 6 panel unlikely to call Trump, chairman says
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators are unlikely to call former President Donald Trump to testify about…
Continue ReadingMinnesota to pay $1.5M to man arrested during Floyd protest
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis has agreed to pay $1.5 million to a man who said police used excessive force when he was arrested during the…
Continue ReadingHouse panel rejects bills restricting lessons on race
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state lawmaker’s attempt to set restrictions on what public schools in Louisiana can teach…
Continue ReadingHelen Mirren, Harrison Ford to star in ‘Yellowstone’ prequel
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford will bring their star power to the newest addition to the…
Continue ReadingChicago archdiocese settles sex abuse suit for $1.2 million
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who alleged he was sexually abused when he was 12 years old by a defrocked priest will receive $1.2 million as part of a…
Continue ReadingDefense: ‘Wrong person on trial’ in death, beheading
KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The lawyer for a New Hampshire man accused of killing his wife’s co-worker after he…
Continue ReadingPrinting errors mar mailed ballots in Oregon, Pennsylvania
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Printing mistakes will force local election officials in Pennsylvania and Oregon to redo…
Continue ReadingAP Interview: Scottish leader stresses independence, NATO
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ANNA JOHNSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scotland’s leader says the Russian war in Ukraine only makes…
Continue ReadingPowell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday underscored the Federal Reserve’s determination…
Continue ReadingBoy dies after being buried under sand dune at state park
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old Utah boy has died a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried…
Continue ReadingCatholic school in Mississippi Delta closing after 70 years
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A Catholic elementary school that primarily serves Black and Hispanic families in the Mississippi Delta is closing after…
Continue ReadingNew York donors give $1M to 3 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are receiving a $1 million donation from a New York…
Continue ReadingLegal advocates sue US over Iranian-born scholar’s treatment
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Legal advocates in a lawsuit against the federal government say a Canadian diabetes researcher…
Continue ReadingNew Iowa law requires more ethanol in state’s gasoline
By DAVID PITT Associated Press PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is the first state in the nation to require most gas stations to sell fuel with at…
Continue ReadingHouse Dems propose $28 million to address formula shortage
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have unveiled a $28 million emergency spending bill to address the shortage of…
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