EXPLAINER: What’s behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant?
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the…
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Former Trump chief Meadows’ voter registration in question
By STEVE PEOPLES and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mark Meadows, who as chief of staff to President Donald Trump promoted…
Continue ReadingCalls to suspend gas taxes across U.S. grow as prices surge
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press A growing number of governors and state lawmakers across the U.S. are calling for the suspension of gas taxes to…
Continue ReadingKansas teacher sues district over preferred pronouns policy
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Kansas middle school teacher is suing the district where she works after she was disciplined for refusing to…
Continue ReadingAlaska North Slope natural gas leak is under investigation
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities are investigating a natural gas leak at a ConocoPhillips Alaska oil drill site…
Continue ReadingMadigan pleads not guilty in racketeering, bribery case
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has pleaded not guilty to…
Continue Reading5 accused a decade after renowned Puerto Rican boxer killed
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The first suspects arrested nearly a decade after the fatal shooting of renowned…
Continue ReadingWomen sue Idaho over expensive hair-braiding license rules
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three Idaho women are suing the state in federal court over its expensive training requirement for professional hair-braiders.…
Continue ReadingPariahs no more? US reaches out to oil states as prices rise
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three checkered oil regimes that President Joe Biden and past U.S.…
Continue ReadingLiterary journal Conjunctions to shut down this fall
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent literary journal is shutting down this fall after losing support from its…
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeks to stop group’s door-to-door voter fraud hunt
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A coalition of civil and voting rights organizations has invoked the 19th-century Ku Klux Klan…
Continue ReadingHighlights of Congress’ $1.5 trillion spending package
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is racing to pass a mammoth $1.5 trillion legislative package that would fund the…
Continue ReadingPentagon rejects NATO nations providing jets to Ukraine
By VANESSA GERA and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Pentagon is slamming the door on any plans to provide MiG fighter jets…
Continue ReadingSheltering from bombs, Ukraine’s ‘cellar violinist’ plays on
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME, Italy (AP) — Vera Lytovchenko has become an internet icon of resilience as images of the accomplished…
Continue ReadingBiden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution…
Continue ReadingTexas loses appeal over investigation of trans teen’s family
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas court has tossed out the state’s appeal of a judge’s order preventing child welfare officials…
Continue ReadingNY Philharmonic’s Geffen Hall to reopen in October
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic’s remodeled David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center will reopen in October…
Continue ReadingFlorida wildfire: Hope for relief from light, steady rain
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Fire officials are hoping that a light, steady rain in the Florida Panhandle will help ease three wildfires that have…
Continue ReadingMichigan announces 1st charges in Boy Scouts investigation
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities have announced the first criminal charges stemming from the state’s…
Continue ReadingGuatemala increases abortion penalty, bans same-sex marriage
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan lawmakers have greatly increased prison sentences for women who have…
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