DeSantis signs bill to keep explicit books out of schools
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to give parents a say in the…
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War Crimes Watch: Russia’s onslaught on Ukrainian hospitals
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, ERIKA KINETZ and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingFormer nurse guilty of homicide in medication error death
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the…
Continue ReadingMexican leader brushes off US allegations of Russia spies
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has brushed off comments by a senior U.S. military official who said there are…
Continue ReadingUK Shark House owner dismayed at getting protected status
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The 25-foot (7.6 meter) tall sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of Magnus…
Continue ReadingFeds drop appeal in Sjodin killing, still seek death penalty
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have dropped their appeal of a judge’s decision to overturn the death…
Continue ReadingLouisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop’s injury
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court says a police officer injured when violence broke out over the…
Continue ReadingAll-year daylight saving time threatens Jews’ morning prayer
By MICHELE CHABIN Religion News Service American Jews say they were blindsided by the U.S. Senate’s lightning-fast passage of a bill to make…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans, bullish on midterms, plot return to power
By FARNOUSH AMIRI The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Republican lawmakers gathered at a retreat in Florida this week to plot out…
Continue ReadingArizona Republicans fight culture war in battleground state
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has long been fertile ground for a social conservative agenda, with some of the…
Continue ReadingFirst lady Jill Biden visits St. Jude, meets Ukrainian kids
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has traveled to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in…
Continue ReadingGroundbreaking held in Texas for Medal of Honor museum
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ground has been broken for a new museum in Texas that will honor those who have been awarded the nation’s highest…
Continue ReadingSpring break crackdown puts focus on future of South Beach
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials have spent recent years trying to control the raucous crowds,…
Continue ReadingFather, stepmother of Harmony Montgomery formally indicted
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The father and stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 have…
Continue ReadingAffordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — States and localities are increasingly tapping federal funds to help finance efforts to build more…
Continue ReadingIdaho governor OKs new law to boost execution drug secrecy
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill that dramatically increases the secrecy…
Continue ReadingScientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a…
Continue ReadingGa. gov applauds completion of Savannah harbor expansion
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is celebrating what he calls a “once in a generation milestone” _…
Continue ReadingAmid gas woes, NYC ride-hail drivers seek fuel surcharges
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon at some New York City gas stations, drivers for…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania care home workers accused of abusing residents
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Federal prosecutors say two men who worked in direct care at a western Pennsylvania residential facility inflicted…
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