Gun sale surge brings record money for conservation grants
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Tax receipts from surging gun and ammunition sales have boosted money for a U.S. conservation program to a record level. The…
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BEIJING DIARY: A taste of Tibet with Chinese characteristics
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — People attending the Beijing Winter Olympics can’t visit Tibet because they’re in…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
Continue ReadingJudge delays start of Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan hearing
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has delayed the start of a trial…
Continue Reading2 more Nicaragua opposition figures convicted in trials
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan judges have convicted a former high-level Sandinista official and a student leader accused of conspiring to…
Continue ReadingBreonna Taylor case jury selection reaches end of 1st phase
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lawyers have wrapped up their individual questioning of potential jurors in the trial of a…
Continue ReadingEU, US caution Guatemala over persecution of lawyers, judges
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The European Union and the United States are expressing concern about the Guatemalan government’s legal actions against…
Continue ReadingGeorgia leaders: Cityhood push dead for Atlanta’s Buckhead
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Top Georgia lawmakers have signaled that proposals to allow the wealthy, predominately white Buckhead…
Continue ReadingTCM’s Jacqueline Stewart puts Black film history in focus
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart makes a rich contribution to TCM for Black History Month.…
Continue ReadingJudge in Arbery death federal trial to seat jury Monday
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery says she…
Continue ReadingCalifornia bill would require vaccines for all employees
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent…
Continue ReadingJury: Home health worker murdered mentally disabled client
GRETNA, LA. (AP) — Louisiana prosecutors say a man who worked for his mother’s home health care company has been convicted of killing an…
Continue ReadingAlabama school system faulted for response to Nazi salute
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An organization that promotes civil and human rights is criticizing an Alabama school…
Continue ReadingFamily accuses police of shooting Wisconsin man in back
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The family of a Black man injured during an arrest in Wisconsin last week says police shot him in the back even though he was…
Continue ReadingStudent indicted in Texas school shooting that wounded 3
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student has been indicted on attempted murder and aggravated assault charges for an Oct. 6 shooting at a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: A look at what’s behind the protests in Canada
By JIM MORRIS and ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — For five days, a blockade of pickups, cars and a handful commercial of trucks has…
Continue ReadingWisconsin court won’t allow drop boxes for April 5 election
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied a request from the state elections commission to…
Continue ReadingFight over Wheeler nomination broadens in Virginia
By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A simmering fight over Virginia Democrats’ rejection of one of GOP Gov.…
Continue ReadingJudge to rule on Nebraska Rep. Fortenberry’s trial location
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry will stand…
Continue ReadingMobile, Alabama, kicks off 1st Mardi Gras since 2020
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The city that calls itself the “birthplace of Mardi Gras” has kicked off its first real Mardi Gras celebration since 2020…
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