Probe: Nebraska lawmaker’s behavior wasn’t sexual harassment
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An investigation in Nebraska has concluded that a state lawmaker who resigned after…
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Subway shooting heightens NYC mayor’s focus on rising crime
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City police captain, took office this year with a central…
Continue ReadingBiden ‘cost of carbon’ policy survives another legal hurdle
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to account for potential damage from…
Continue ReadingPolice: Officer shoots man who pointed gun during pursuit
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says police fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at an officer during a pursuit. The…
Continue ReadingFamily appeals after wrongful death suit tossed in Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white Indiana police officer in 2019 is appealing a federal judge’s…
Continue ReadingOprah, Smithsonian Channel to explore health care inequities
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and the Smithsonian Channel are partnering to highlight racial…
Continue ReadingGeorgia county still pursuing spaceport that voters rejected
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Officials in a Georgia county say they’re moving ahead with plans to build a launch pad…
Continue ReadingMexican woman dies entangled crossing Arizona border wall
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of death this week of a Mexican woman whose leg was entangled…
Continue ReadingTherapist: Depp and Heard had relationship of ‘mutual abuse’
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A former personal assistant to Amber Heard says she never saw the actress suffer any physical abuse at the hands of…
Continue ReadingHouse panels probe gov’t use of facial recognition software
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House committees have launched an investigation into the government’s…
Continue ReadingStore owner to be returned to California in girl’s shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Southern California shoe store owner accused of mistakenly shooting and wounding a 9-year-old girl when he opened fire at…
Continue ReadingMan guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist from Connecticut has been convicted of killing his wife, three young children and the family’s dog…
Continue ReadingMan blaming Trump’s ‘orders’ for riot actions found guilty
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio man who testified that he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingOnline marketplace Letgo sued after Denver-area slayings
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The online marketplace Letgo is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after the parents of five children…
Continue ReadingConcerned scientists probe sea urchin deaths in Caribbean
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a…
Continue ReadingCrews work to save WWII destroyer taking on water in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A decommissioned World War II-era destroyer docked near downtown Buffalo in New York was taking on water and listing…
Continue ReadingFire contained at California food plant; evacuations remain
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have contained a massive blaze at a central California food processing plant that prompted authorities to tell…
Continue ReadingFrench students block schools to protest presidential choice
By OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of French students have occupied or blocked buildings at the Sorbonne in Paris and other…
Continue ReadingBrit convicted as ‘Beatle’ in Islamic State beheadings trial
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury has convicted a British national for his role in an Islamic State group…
Continue ReadingSex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team sought help reporting sexual-abuse allegations…
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