Deputies protect school killer after potential juror threat
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Deputies protecting Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had to pull him aside and…
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Oklahoma governor signs ban on nonbinary birth certificates
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Tuesday explicitly prohibiting the use of…
Continue ReadingVideos show aftermath of film-set shooting, Baldwin reaction
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor…
Continue ReadingNigeria buries remains after illegal refinery blast
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press OHAJI-EGBEMA, Nigeria (AP) — Remains of more than 100 workers and traders who died after an illegal refinery…
Continue ReadingHouse passes bill to study new Asian Pacific American museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.C., pushed ahead Tuesday. The House passed…
Continue ReadingNative American leaders push for Chaco area protections
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Native American leaders are meeting with land managers as the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingJustices to hear Oklahoma appeal in tribal jurisdiction case
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Oklahoma’s ongoing battle with Native American…
Continue ReadingIowa lawmakers OK bill mandating sale of E15 at gas stations
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will become the first U.S. state to require that gas stations have pumps selling fuel…
Continue ReadingTSA: Airport security finds loaded gun in Cawthorn’s bag
By SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press A loaded gun was found in North Carolina U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s carry-on bag at an airport security…
Continue ReadingEmbattled Rep. John Thompson defends conduct in traffic stop
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker who’s been a longtime critic of police is defending his conduct…
Continue ReadingUVA lacrosse players had ‘rocky relationship’ before killing
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a young University of Virginia student who died…
Continue ReadingDeSantis sets dates for session on property insurance
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that lawmakers will return to the Capitol in late May for a special session to…
Continue ReadingAmazon warehouse collapse probe finds worker safety risks
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer U.S. regulators are calling on Amazon to improve its procedures for dealing with severe weather like hurricanes…
Continue ReadingGovernor to give details on canceled execution next week
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee’s spokesperson says the Republican will release more details on…
Continue ReadingChief: Man killed SC officer with calculated shot from rifle
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the man who killed a police officer in South Carolina responding to a…
Continue ReadingMexico says coronavirus now endemic, not pandemic
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says COVID-19 has passed from a pandemic to an endemic stage in Mexico, meaning authorities will treat it…
Continue ReadingUS decides to limit leasing in Alaska petroleum reserve
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has issued a decision to limit roughly half of the National…
Continue ReadingSenate panel finds ‘grave’ health risks in military housing
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the largest providers of military housing in the United States continues to respond…
Continue ReadingUS preps for even busier border amid lifting of health order
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has released a plan to deal with an increase in already historic numbers of…
Continue ReadingBrainard wins Senate confirmation to be Fed’s vice chair
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year term as…
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