Report criticizes Virginia’s response to snowy I-95 gridlock
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state agencies responding to a severe snowstorm that stranded hundreds of motorists…
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California has $600M in unclaimed can, bottle deposits
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is proposing to temporarily double California’s…
Continue ReadingHope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say former U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested…
Continue ReadingWill Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap
By LYNN ELBER AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith resigned Friday from the motion picture academy following his Oscars night slap…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
Continue ReadingOfficials: 1 dead, others missing after migrant boat flips
SUGARLOAF KEY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say at least one person is dead and several others are believed to be missing after a “rustic vessel”…
Continue ReadingAppeal filed for ex-clerk who refused marriage licenses
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for a former Kentucky clerk who wouldn’t issue marriage licenses to two same-sex couples have appealed a federal…
Continue ReadingJudge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has declined to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Bird Flu story
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a story published April 1, 2022, about bird flu, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 22 million egg-laying…
Continue ReadingFederal tax probe into Biden’s son, Hunter, moves forward
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has heard testimony in recent months about Hunter…
Continue ReadingDress rehearsal: NASA moon rocket’s last test before launch
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. The two-day…
Continue ReadingHonduras court seizes ex-president’s properties
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A court in Honduras has authorized prosecutors to seize properties, bank accounts and vehicles linked to former…
Continue ReadingGreene sues to stop challenge to her reelection eligibility
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that a group of…
Continue ReadingAlex Jones loses bid to avoid fines in Sandy Hook case
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has rejected Infowars host Alex Jones’ bid to avoid escalating daily fines for missing a deposition…
Continue ReadingPsaki won’t confirm she’s leaving White House for MSNBC
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki isn’t confirming reports that she’ll…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the March jobs report
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid hiring, strong wage gains and sharp price increases are drawing more Americans…
Continue ReadingMan in GoFundMe scam gets 27-month federal prison sentence
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who conspired with his then-girlfriend to cook up a feel-good story about a helpful homeless man and then used…
Continue ReadingMan, 18, faces murder charge in Chicago-area mall shooting
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — An 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a man and wounding a girl at a suburban Chicago shopping mall is charged with…
Continue Reading‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of retiring a state song with racist roots, two years…
Continue ReadingNurse’s homicide conviction: Flashpoint in Nashville DA race
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The homicide conviction of a former Tennessee nurse for a medication error that killed a…
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