Bill targeting election lies stalls in Washington state
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A bill sought by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee that would make it a crime for elected…
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Sister of Oxford school shooting victim: Mandate gun storage
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The big sister of a teen killed in the rampage at Oxford High School is urging Michigan…
Continue ReadingEntangled humpback whale cleared of marine debris off Maui
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A female humpback whale traveling with a male and a calf has been freed after it was found…
Continue ReadingArkansas Senate rejects push for Texas-styled abortion ban
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ majority-Republican Senate has rejected efforts to enact an abortion…
Continue ReadingVirginia governor seeks March 1 end to school mask mandates
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — School mask mandates in Virginia will end on March 1 if the General Assembly adopts amendments made by Republican Gov. Glenn…
Continue ReadingAP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle
By ZEKE MILLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional…
Continue ReadingAltria says judge has dismissed lawsuit over Juul investment
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria says an administrative law judge dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging that its…
Continue ReadingCalifornia bills aim at social media, medical disinformation
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two California Democratic lawmakers are targeting pandemic disinformation they say has…
Continue ReadingConviction overturned for man who served 44 years in prison
MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — A Black man in Louisiana is free after spending 44 years in prison for an attempted rape he says he didn’t commit.…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: ‘Hard to imagine a person more dangerous’
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking to keep in custody a homeless man suspected of stabbing 11…
Continue ReadingA gun in your carry-on? Some are calling for stiffer fines
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer There has been a surge in guns being discovered at airport checkpoints. That’s leading some security experts…
Continue ReadingFor high court nominees ‘When’s your birthday?’ matters
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a…
Continue ReadingVOW for Girls uses weddings to fight child marriage globally
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Nonprofits battling child marriage are looking for more support during the COVID-19 pandemic and have found some…
Continue ReadingCourt fight looms as questions swirl over Trump’s finances
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about Donald Trump’s business practices are piling up. Whether the former…
Continue ReadingIowa to pay $5 million in legal fees in school abuse case
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials have agreed to pay a group of attorneys nearly $5 million in a case that…
Continue Reading1 month after oil spill, Lima’s beaches empty, cleanup slow
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dozens of beaches near Lima are deserted and thousands of fishermen remain without work,…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed six more…
Continue ReadingP.J. O’Rourke, irreverent author and commentator, dead at 74
NEW YORK (AP) — P.J. O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverent journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a…
Continue ReadingSenate GOP delays votes on Raskin and 4 other Fed nominees
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee boycotted a vote on President Joe…
Continue ReadingCompanies revert to more normal operations as COVID wanes
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming…
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