AP National News

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The cost of California’s high-speed rail line is going up again. A business…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The White House is slamming Florida Republicans over a proposal to ban discussions…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A trial court panel will name an outside remapping expert to help them determine whether…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A court has allowed federally funded family planning clinics to continue to make…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A little-known Republican state legislator from Northern California…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Three Harvard University graduate students say in a federal lawsuit that the Ivy League school for years ignored…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The goal is to…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire has struck downtown Abu Dhabi, with authorities initially blaming a gas cylinder for an explosion caught…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is arriving in Mexico for talks Wednesday amid high tensions over Mexico’s plan to favor its…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court has heard arguments on whether Washington, D.C., sniper Lee Boyd…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Court filings say the FBI has arrested two men on charges stemming from last year’s riot at the U.S.…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has became the second military service to approve religious exemptions to the…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill eliminating the state’s ban on nuclear…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted of stabbing her four children to death has been sentenced to life in prison. A judge  found…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A convicted rapist who hid in Florida for more than 40 years after skipping out on his Connecticut prison sentence has been…

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in Beijing has won the week for prime-time ratings. The top four out of 20 shows last…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation financing federal agencies for another month. It’s the…

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s prime minister has taken a defiant stand against efforts to appoint a new interim government.…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When New York City’s COVID-19 rates spiked last December due to the emerging omicron variant,…

By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Opponents are continuing to ramp up pressure against an Indiana bill that…