Teachers hit picket lines in Minneapolis as parents worry
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teachers have hit the picket lines at public schools across Minneapolis,…
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6 teens arrested in Iowa school shooting that killed 1
By MARGERY A. BECK and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities arrested six teenagers accused of shooting into a…
Continue ReadingSpurs’ Popovich ties Nelson for NBA career wins record
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gregg Popovich tied Don Nelson’s NBA record with his 1,335th career victory as a coach in…
Continue Reading2 sentenced for attacking people at Turkish restaurant in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Armenian American men who attacked people at a Turkish restaurant in Beverly Hills have been sentenced to federal prison.…
Continue ReadingIran’s Revolutionary Guard says it launches 2nd satellite
By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has launched a second…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about South Korea’s presidential election
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are voting Wednesday to choose their next president.…
Continue ReadingIdaho House OKs measure that could fine, jail librarians
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation with the potential to fine Idaho librarians $1,000 and send them to jail for a…
Continue ReadingScientists: Asian spider could spread to much of East Coast
ATLANTA (AP) — Researchers say a large spider native to East Asia that proliferated in Georgia last year could spread to much of the East Coast.…
Continue Reading3 sentenced for helping suspect flee after officer killed
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Three men have been sentenced for helping a 19-year-old accused of killing a Mississippi police officer get away after the…
Continue Reading‘Yes, we need hands’: Kitchen pops up in Ukraine’s capital
By VADIM GHIRDA and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKY Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Food, water and medicine grew rarer in Ukraine on Monday, well into…
Continue ReadingOnline university fined $22M for misleading students
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge has ordered an online, for-profit university and its former parent company to pay $22 million in penalties,…
Continue ReadingCongress passes Emmett Till bill to make lynching hate crime
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to killing 2 at Nebraska restaurant
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to killing two workers and injuring two others at a Nebraska fast-food restaurant last fall. The Sarpy…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis teachers set to strike; St. Paul works out deal
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Teachers in the Minneapolis School District said they would go on strike Tuesday after…
Continue ReadingExplosion, fire at Maryland apartment complex ruled accident
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — An official says an explosion and fire that destroyed a Maryland apartment building last week was accidental and…
Continue ReadingOklahoma attorneys say execution method is constitutional
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for Oklahoma say the state’s three-drug lethal injection method is…
Continue ReadingWashington Legislature OKs missing Indigenous women alert
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Legislature has approved an alert system to help identify and locate missing Indigenous people. Attorney…
Continue ReadingUkraine aid growing as lawmakers shape big budget bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says proposed U.S. aid for Ukraine and its European allies has…
Continue ReadingCorrection: UN Climate Report-Gulf of Mexico story
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story published March 3, 2022, about a United Nations report on extreme weather around the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated…
Continue ReadingIowa settles with 8 men, victims of bathroom photo scandal
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state of Iowa will pay eight men working for the Iowa Department of Revenue just over $1…
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