School leader fired for reading ‘New Butt’ book awaits fate
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi educator will have to wait to see if he will be rehired after he was fired for reading a children’s book that…
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Convicted terrorist sentenced for selling methamphetamine
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A convicted terrorist from Southern California has been sentenced to more than 15 1/2 years in prison for selling drugs to…
Continue ReadingGeorgia senators scrap proposal for more election rules
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are scrapping further big changes in state election law. The Senate Ethics Committee…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador forces encircle neighborhoods in gang crackdown
MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Security forces have intensified operations against El Salvador’s street gangs…
Continue ReadingAlleged checkbook thief caught after writing herself a check
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a South Dakota woman accused of stealing a checkbook was caught after writing out a check to herself and…
Continue ReadingSandy Hook families reject Alex Jones settlement offer
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones has offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook…
Continue ReadingMaryland lawmakers pass bill to expand access to abortion
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly has passed a measure to expand access to abortion by lifting…
Continue Reading18-year-old wanted in fatal shooting at Chicago-area mall
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for an 18-year-old Chicago man in the fatal shooting of a man and wounding of a girl at a…
Continue ReadingPlane crashed in Oklahoma, killing 3, was ‘near vertical’
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A preliminary report on an Oklahoma plane crash that killed three Nebraskans says the aircraft was “near vertical” when in…
Continue ReadingSD House committee points to ‘in office’ clause to clear AG
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republicans on a South Dakota House committee want to clear the state’s attorney general…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t halt execution over intellectual disability
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a motion to declare a Tennessee inmate intellectually disabled,…
Continue ReadingSocial media explodes during Oscars; TV viewership doesn’t
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith’s violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable…
Continue ReadingUncertainty mounts as Missouri stalls on new US House seats
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s candidacy filing period for Congress has ended without new U.S. House…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Alopecia ‘strips people of their identity’
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that affects millions of people around the world. But to many women it is…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why bond yields may be warning of a recession
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for a recession is starting to shine. The “yield…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s behind the new federal anti-lynching law?
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till…
Continue ReadingBureau looking at adjusting for undercounts in some numbers
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is looking at ways to possibly adjust its annual population estimates to account for the…
Continue ReadingStock trader resentenced to 5 years for deadly bunker fire
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A wealthy stock trader has been resentenced to five years in prison for his role in the…
Continue ReadingInfantino: Qatar ‘not paradise’ but World Cup seeing changes
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledges all is “not paradise” in Qatar ahead of…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania bill targets transgender girls in school sports
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school…
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