$4.5M approved for family of man killed by California deputy
DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A California county has agreed to pay $4.5 million to the family of a mentally ill homeless man who was killed by a…
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Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender…
Continue ReadingJussie Smollett starts 150-day jail term in protected status
By DON BABWIN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jail officials say Jussie Smollett began a 150-day jail sentence for lying to…
Continue ReadingJudge sets October trial for man in Wisconsin parade deaths
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge has set an October trial date for a Milwaukee man accused of driving his SUV into a Wisconsin Christmas parade last…
Continue ReadingUS, allies to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce Friday that along with the European Union and the Group of…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia: 2 Americans freed in Yemen special op mission
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has rescued two young American women in Yemen in a joint special…
Continue ReadingPremier Li offers China’s help for ‘grave’ Ukraine situation
BEIJING (AP) — China’s premier is calling the situation in Ukraine “grave” and offering Beijing’s help in playing a “positive role”…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Texas foster care center sex-trafficked minors
HOUSTON (AP) — State officials say employees at a foster care center under a state contract to shelter children who have been trafficked for sex…
Continue ReadingBiden to Dems: Sell agenda with ‘confidence’ and ‘clarity’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Democrats have a record they can be proud of and must sell it…
Continue ReadingSenate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $13.6 billion emergency package of military…
Continue ReadingFacing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…
Continue ReadingTexas police officer indicted for shooting suspect dead
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas police officer has been indicted on a murder count in the fatal shooting last year of a murder suspect. The…
Continue ReadingAlabama won’t require background checks for concealed guns
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will become the latest state to allow people to carry concealed handguns without…
Continue ReadingAciman, Toibin among contributors to book on Sigmund Freud
NEW YORK (AP) — Andre Aciman, Colm Toibin and Rick Moody are among the authors contributing to an essay collection on the legacy of Sigmund Freud.…
Continue ReadingGrassley: ‘Credible’ allegations LA mayor was aware of abuse
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee says he…
Continue ReadingWoman whose rape DNA led to her arrest to sue San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime…
Continue ReadingJudge: Legal filing by Durham team created a ‘sideshow’
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge handling the case of a lawyer charged with lying to the FBI during its probe into 2016…
Continue ReadingGOP senators urge Biden to send Polish warplanes to Ukraine
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican U.S. senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course…
Continue ReadingCalifornia university ex-trainer charged with sexual assault
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says it has charged San Jose State University’s former director of sports medicine with…
Continue ReadingUS rolls out more sanctions after North Korea missile tests
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is placing new sanctions on three Russian companies after…
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