NC Supreme Court won’t hear case of Rev. Barber’s conviction
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has refused to hear the appeal of a civil rights leader…
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Former Parkland sheriff will head much smaller police force
MIAMI (AP) — The Florida sheriff ostracized for his agency’s response to the Parkland massacre that left 17 people dead will again be heading a…
Continue ReadingCalls for more public input on new NY political maps
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Community activists and lawmakers traveled to a rural courthouse in western New York on…
Continue ReadingMexico closes US gravel quarry that had been pressured
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has closed a limestone gravel quarry owned by a U.S. company, a move…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Amazon deforestation hits record for month of April
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation detected in the Brazilian Amazon broke all records for the month of…
Continue ReadingOfficials say 6 saved from sinking boat at US-Canada border
AKWESASNE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say six people who didn’t know how to swim were rescued from a sinking boat carrying Indian citizens trying…
Continue ReadingSearch on for poacher who killed bear, dumped it off bridge
LAGRANGE, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine say someone illegally killed a bear and dumped it off a bridge, and they’re working with a nonprofit…
Continue ReadingTexas AG says bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says that the state bar plans to sue him over his failed efforts…
Continue ReadingDaughters of missing Colorado woman stand by their father
DENVER (AP) — The two adult daughters of a Colorado man who had been charged in the presumed death of their missing mother have gone public to say…
Continue ReadingNew this week: Rebel Wilson, The Black Keys, ‘Firestarter’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a fresh album from The Black Keys, Rebel Wilson starring as a popular high…
Continue ReadingTenn. governor signs bill regulating medication abortions
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will strictly regulate the…
Continue ReadingDanish tourist killed in roadside bombing in northern Iraq
By SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish officials say a Danish national was killed by a roadside bomb while cycling in…
Continue ReadingExplosion at Madrid building leaves 2 dead, 18 injured
MADRID (AP) — City officials in Madrid say an explosion ripped through a four-story residential building in the center of the Spanish capital,…
Continue ReadingMan who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A New York City judge’s son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was…
Continue ReadingGoodwill find in Texas turns out to be ancient Roman bust
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum…
Continue ReadingExplosion at luxury Havana hotel kills 22, injures dozens
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak has blown away outer walls from a…
Continue ReadingTwo Islamic extremist attacks kill 11 Burkina Faso soldiers
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s army says 11 security forces were killed and nine injured in…
Continue ReadingSweden reintroduces border checks, citing ‘a serious threat’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden is reintroducing temporary border controls at airports, road crossings with other countries and other entry points to the…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota legislator’s home searched after inmate texts
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks police and federal agents seized video discs and other items from the home…
Continue ReadingMotherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press For Allyson Jacobs, life in her 20s and 30s was about focusing on her career in health care and enjoying the…
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