Man pleads guilty to murder in death of Illinois officer
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a police…
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Brandon Taylor’s ‘Filthy Animals’ wins $20,000 Story Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Taylor’s “Filthy Animals” has won the Story Prize, a $20,000 honor for works of short fiction. Prize judges praised…
Continue ReadingDogs owned by Iditarod vet, reality TV star kill family pet
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska are investigating after sled dogs owned by Iditarod veteran and reality TV star Jessie Holmes killed…
Continue ReadingDivers recover Navy plane that crashed off Virginia coast
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — Navy divers have recovered an aircraft that crashed last month in the water off the Eastern Shore near the…
Continue ReadingMississippi gov again proclaims Confederate Heritage Month
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is defending his decision to again name April as…
Continue ReadingBoard defends admissions policy at prestigious high school
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board says its new admissions policy at a prestigious high school…
Continue Reading‘Prophet of Doom’: Subway suspect left ranting video clues
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect arrested in the Brooklyn subway shooting…
Continue ReadingEarthquakes recorded near Alaska volcano dormant 800 years
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska…
Continue ReadingCapitol riot defendant: I was following Trump’s instructions
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press An Ohio man who acknowledges he joined the mob at the U.S. Capitol last year and ignored a variety of warning…
Continue ReadingArkansas jail, doc: Ivermectin lawsuit should be dismissed
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Attorneys for an Arkansas jail and doctor being sued by inmates who say they were given unknowingly given ivermectin to…
Continue ReadingFlight attendants settle Frontier discrimination suit
DENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines has settled a discrimination suit brought by a group of flight attendants who claimed the carrier discriminated…
Continue ReadingDeSantis congressional map tears up Black rep’s district
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Black congressman’s district would be dismantled under a map Republican Gov.…
Continue ReadingLawyer: US Rep. Cuellar not the target of FBI investigation
By ERIC TUCKER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s lawyer says federal authorities have informed him that…
Continue ReadingVegas school district to provide teachers with panic devices
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The metro Las Vegas school district will provide electronic panic-button devices to teachers as it moves to boost security in the…
Continue ReadingProject Veritas says US seized staffer info as part of probe
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative group Project Veritas says the Justice Department had secretly obtained from Apple…
Continue ReadingMoney spat resolved over LGBTQ books at Mississippi library
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi library is on track to receive its full budget, months after a mayor threatened to withhold money because the…
Continue ReadingWhen Biden ‘speaking from his heart’ doesn’t speak for US
By CALVIN WOODWARD and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no such thing as a purely personal opinion from the Oval Office on…
Continue ReadingIn drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to Colorado River…
Continue ReadingPolice: Girl shot as California shop owner fires at thieves
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Police say a Southern California shoe store owner opened fire at two shoplifters but mistakenly shot a 9-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingFlooding continues in South Africa’s Durban area; 259 dead
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says flooding in the Durban area has taken at…
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