Sacramento shooting is latest struggle for downtown strip
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The recent mass shooting in California’s capital city has shaken a downtown…
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Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
By WILL WEISSERT, JOSH BOAK and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press MENLO, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden has journeyed to corn-rich Iowa to announce…
Continue ReadingUS inflation jumped 8.5% in past year, highest since 1981
By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest…
Continue ReadingPutin vows to press invasion until Russia’s goals are met
By YURAS KARMANAU and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia’s bloody offensive in…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 car…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Honda outlines strategy to forge ahead on EVs
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda is investing $40 billion over the next decade in research, especially to realize a major…
Continue ReadingRachel Maddow returns to MSNBC, will switch to once a week
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has some good news and bad news for her fans. She returned Monday from…
Continue ReadingUN official urges acceleration in coronavirus vaccinations
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. official spearheading global vaccination efforts against the coronavirus says…
Continue ReadingUS pulls non-emergency staff from Shanghai amid COVID surge
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency government staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBrazil election body invites EU observers for October’s vote
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s electoral authority says it has for the first time invited European Union representatives to observe upcoming…
Continue ReadingTrump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Republican Kelly Tshibaka has filed to run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate race. She…
Continue ReadingMurder charge over self-induced abortion dismissed in Texas
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge formally dismissing a murder charge Monday against a 26-year-old woman over a…
Continue ReadingOld-style government practices seen in Mexican recall vote
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Analysts in Mexico say President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s recall vote could,…
Continue ReadingMan who shot Chicago police officers sentenced to 31 years
CHICAGO (AP) — A convicted felon who pleaded guilty to charges that he opened fire on Chicago police and shot three officers in 2020 after he was…
Continue ReadingNew NYC mayor Adams strives for order, post-COVID comeback
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After two years of plague and social disruption, many New Yorkers just want their city to…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears confuses some with Instagram pregnancy news
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears, less than five months after her conservatorship ended, announced on Instagram that she’s pregnant, and…
Continue ReadingTransgender athlete penalty bill heads to governor’s desk
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will soon decide whether to sign off on adding harsh penalties…
Continue ReadingTrial set for man accused of dumping body parts in Arizona
Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A man accused of dumping body parts around central Arizona has decided to represent himself and proceed to…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: 2 men in Gov. Whitmer plot could be tried again
By ED WHITE and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A jury last week couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict for two men charged with a…
Continue ReadingUN: Nearly two-thirds of Ukraine’s children have fled homes
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have…
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