Judge mulls lawsuit seeking to kick Trump backers off ballot
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing two Republican congressmen and a GOP state House member running to be…
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Pam Grier covers ‘everything’ in a new podcast of her career
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer With over 50 years of experience in Hollywood, Pam Grier is ready to look back at her life and career in a new podcast…
Continue ReadingMayor in troubled LA wants more spending for homeless, LAPD
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a city struggling with rising crime and a homeless crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing boosting spending for…
Continue ReadingArizona death-row prisoner won’t be executed in gas chamber
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A prisoner scheduled to be executed in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty…
Continue ReadingGov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Michigan’s Democratic governor wants a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan to stay open and she’s asking…
Continue ReadingRapper Pooh Shiesty gets 5 years, 3 months for gun charge
MIAMI (AP) — Rapper Pooh Shiesty has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for a gun charge in Florida. Court records…
Continue ReadingPraise for reforms from judge overseeing New Orleans police
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge and court appointed monitors hired to oversee reform of the New Orleans Police…
Continue ReadingPolice: 5 dead in Duluth home after report of mental crisis
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say five people were found dead inside a Duluth, Minnesota, home after police received a report of a male…
Continue ReadingParachute demo at Nats Park causes brief Capitol evacuation
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police…
Continue Reading5 dead after small plane crashes into soda truck in Haiti
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A small plane has crashed in the bustling Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing…
Continue Reading‘Lizard King’ gets 7 months for trafficking Florida turtles
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison followed by a year of home confinement for his part in a scheme to…
Continue ReadingJustice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s…
Continue ReadingFederal probe finds severe problems in Mississippi prison
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a Mississippi prison violated inmates’…
Continue ReadingAbrams seeks to end unlimited donations to Georgia’s Kemp
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Stacey Abrams is asking a federal judge to shut down fundraising by a committee controlled by…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects gag order in suit over 2018 Elon Musk tweets
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in California has rejected a request from shareholders in a lawsuit to force Elon Musk…
Continue ReadingMississippi welfare agency ex-director faces new charges
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi Department of Human Services director has been indicted on 20…
Continue Reading1 drug company settles ahead of San Francisco opioid trial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a $10 million settlement over its role in selling prescription opioids in San…
Continue ReadingQB Watson’s legal woes far from over as he reports to Browns
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — While Deshaun Watson’s NFL career has resumed with the Browns after grand juries declined to…
Continue ReadingMichigan lawmaker’s forceful speech rebuts ‘grooming’ attack
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker, mother and LGBTQ rights supporter who was accused by a Republican…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Navalny accuses Le Pen of Kremlin ties before vote
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waded into France’s tight presidential…
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