Republican Ohio Gov Mike DeWine tests positive for COVID-19
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested positive for COVID-19. The 75-year-old Republican said…
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DaVita, ex-CEO Thiry acquitted of labor collusion charges
DENVER (AP) — A jury has acquitted Denver-based dialysis firm DaVita Inc. and former chairman and CEO Kent Thiry of charges they conspired with…
Continue ReadingBiden increases oil royalty rate, scales back lease sales
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department is moving forward with the first onshore sales of public oil and…
Continue ReadingAttorney: Cowboys player in SUV from which man was shot
DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for Dallas Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph says the second-round pick in last year’s draft was riding in a vehicle…
Continue ReadingGuilty verdict in deaths of Utah teens found in mine shaft
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The case of a teenage couple killed and tossed down an abandoned mine shaft culminated in murder convictions Friday for a…
Continue ReadingFelon sentenced after holding gun in Instagram video
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A convicted felon in Florida has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison after appearing in a social…
Continue ReadingHBCU students, faculty press urgent need for climate action
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer New Orleans (AP) — Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference…
Continue ReadingMississippi man catches 131-pound catfish, sets state record
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man reeled in a massive blue catfish that set a state record. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has adopted Republican-drawn maps for the state Legislature, after…
Continue ReadingProposal to restore sovereignty to tribes in Maine advances
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate has advanced a historic proposal to restore tribes’ sovereignty. The…
Continue ReadingBidens paid 24.6% taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White…
Continue ReadingBrazil sends help after Indigenous report illegal miners
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AP) — Brazilian authorities say they are sending reinforcements to protect an Indigenous…
Continue ReadingTrump backs GOP’s JD Vance in US Senate primary in Ohio
By JILL COLVIN and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance has received Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingLiz Sheridan, Jerry’s doting mom on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 93
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Liz Sheridan, who played doting mom to Jerry Seinfeld on his hit sitcom, died early Friday.…
Continue ReadingVideo shows officers bumping car, quickly firing on driver
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Police video shows officers bumping a car on a Georgia interstate to get it to stop and then…
Continue ReadingTexas halts truck inspections that caused border gridlock
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up…
Continue ReadingReport: Majority of Black Americans say race shapes identity
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press A new report by Pew Research Center says a majority of Black Americans believe being Black is central to how…
Continue ReadingHolocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor and author who wrote about her ordeal and went on to…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What Twitter’s ‘poison pill’ is supposed to do
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover attempt with a “poison pill” — a…
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