Florida couple pleads guilty to $881K COVID-19 relief fraud
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. Court records show Amber Bruey…
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Man pleads guilty to taking 2 baby bears from their den
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California wildlife officials say a Northern California man who admitted to taking two bear cubs from their den and…
Continue ReadingCheniere’s Louisiana, Texas LNG plants OK’d for more exports
The Associated Press The U.S. Department of Energy has given a liquefied natural gas exporter operating in Louisiana and Texas permission for…
Continue ReadingProsecutors rest case against deputy in teen’s killing
CABOT, Ark. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case against an Arkansas deputy charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a white…
Continue Reading1 of 2 deputies wounded during SWAT arrest attempt dies
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say one of two Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies wounded in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest a man…
Continue ReadingFaith, love of sports linked victims of Texas crash
By JAMIE STENGLE, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Family and friends say they are heartbroken and…
Continue Reading$2.4M to be paid to man shot in eye during Floyd protests
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man who lost an eye when he was hit by a projectile fired by police during protests that followed George Floyd’s…
Continue ReadingFlorida massacre families to get millions for FBI’s inaction
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with…
Continue ReadingAppeals court reverses ruling halting Alaska refuge road
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has reversed a decision that rejected a land swap aimed at…
Continue ReadingKentucky Senate passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have taken another step toward banning abortions after 15 weeks of…
Continue ReadingOz vows to renounce Turkish citizenship if elected senator
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Mehmet Oz says he’ll renounce his dual citizenship in Turkey if he’s elected to…
Continue ReadingA look at the military assistance the US is giving Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has laid out a wide range of weapons and equipment that…
Continue Reading$75 million for residents whose homes were built on landfill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3 million court judgement…
Continue ReadingIndigenous leader killed, mutilated in Nicaragua
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activists and community groups say a leader of an Indigenous community has been killed on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast and his…
Continue ReadingMan in cocaine plot that led to kidnapping gets 63 months
By WILSON RING Associated Press RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Montreal man is going to spend just over five years in prison for his role in a plot to…
Continue ReadingHaaland: Report on Indigenous boarding schools expected soon
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report on its investigation into the federal…
Continue ReadingUkraine joins European grid, ending dependence on Russia
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Engineers have linked Ukraine to an electricity grid spanning much of continental Europe, allowing…
Continue ReadingNY passes anti-harassment laws sparked by Cuomo probe
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — All New York public employees are now protected from harassment in the workplace and…
Continue ReadingJoplin officer wounded in shooting is released from hospital
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer who was wounded in a shooting that killed two other officers has been released from the hospital. The…
Continue ReadingChris Cuomo wants $125 million for ‘unlawful’ CNN firing
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former prime time anchor Chris Cuomo on Wednesday asked an arbitrator to award him $125 million for…
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