Georgia sets $1.5B in aid for electric vehicle maker Rivian
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to…
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Bidens to host 2020, 2022 US Olympic Teams at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to host the 2020 and 2022 U.S. Olympic Teams at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating athletes from…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty in crewmember killing on LA-bound ship
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A crewman who stabbed to death his supervisor on a container ship heading to Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to a federal charge…
Continue ReadingTrump appeal: $10,000 fine in record search ‘unconscionable’
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a court appeal, lawyers for Donald Trump say it is “unconscionable and indefensible”…
Continue ReadingAlaska Nazi prison gang members convicted in grisly death
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal jury in Alaska has convicted a prison Nazi gang leader who goes by the name of…
Continue ReadingBiden restores celebration of Eid al-Fitr at White House
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated Eid al-Fitr on Monday, restoring celebrations of the Muslim…
Continue ReadingProsecutors want boy, 12, tried as adult in school killing
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 12-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his classmate in a South Carolina middle school hallway…
Continue ReadingBody in barrel exposed as level of Nevada’s Lake Mead drops
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A body inside a barrel was found over the weekend on the the newly exposed bottom of Nevada’s Lake Mead as drought depletes…
Continue ReadingZurich Ring Cycle focuses on dysfunctional family of gods
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — Andreas Homoki’s production of Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” that opened at the Zurich…
Continue ReadingInfantino on Qatar: Migrant workers get pride from hard work
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer FIFA President Gianni Infantino says migrant workers gain pride from hard work while he was being questioned…
Continue ReadingNY governor faces fallout of running mate resignation
By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is vetting candidates for a new…
Continue ReadingAmazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon rainforest have endured years of scant recourse…
Continue ReadingAs wildfire closes in, New Mexico residents prepare to flee
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico’s…
Continue ReadingNew whale rules take effect, but enforcement still to come
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New lobster fishing rules intended to protect a rare species of whale are now in effect, but enforcement has yet to begin.…
Continue ReadingFederal judge extends ban on new Kentucky abortion law
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has extended a temporary ban on the enforcement of a new state…
Continue ReadingBiden meets with parents of missing journalist Austin Tice
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing…
Continue ReadingDepp’s agent calls Heard op-ed piece on abuse ‘catastrophic’
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Johnny Depp’s agent testified Monday that his ex-wife’s 2018 op-ed piece…
Continue ReadingMinn. GOP candidate wants Democratic elections chief jailed
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A leading Republican running for Minnesota governor has suggested that the state’s…
Continue ReadingDeath in Ukraine’s Kharkiv is everywhere, rarely explained
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The outskirts of Kharkiv have the feel of an open-air morgue, where the dead lie unclaimed…
Continue ReadingFemale Indigenous leader takes office in Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The first elected female leader of Panama’s Wounaan Indigenous group has taken office. The inauguration of Aulina Ismare…
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