Trans athlete ban pushed by Noem clears South Dakota Senate
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate has passed a bill proposed by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem that would…
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US, UK begin talks on lifting Trump’s steel tariffs
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and the United Kingdom have agreed to begin talks on removing former…
Continue ReadingFired police chief sues city of Miami, commissioners
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The embattled former police chief of Miami is suing his former employer and city…
Continue ReadingBarbados holds snap general election amid criticism
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados is holding a snap general election after cutting ties with Queen Elizabeth II…
Continue ReadingAirman gets life in prison for death of Mennonite woman
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Air Force airman convicted of kidnapping and killing a Mennonite woman was sentenced…
Continue ReadingWhat comes next in New York’s investigation of Donald Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is using a court filing to outline much of the evidence her investigators have gathered so…
Continue ReadingJustices seem sympathetic to Cruz in campaign finance case
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seem sympathetic to Sen. Ted Cruz in…
Continue ReadingPolice: Murder convict confesses to 2 additional slayings
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Police say that a man serving a life sentence in Virginia on a murder conviction has…
Continue ReadingOtto Warmbier’s parents to get $240K seized from North Korea
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the parents of a U.S. student Otto Warmbier, who died after being imprisoned by North Korea, should…
Continue ReadingAlgeria shuts schools for 10 days as COVID infections surge
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president has ordered all schools closed for 10 days because of a surge of COVID-19 infections in the North…
Continue ReadingThe Sundance Film Festival is back and online once more
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 44th annual Sundance Film Festival is back, and entirely online once more. The festival starts Thursday with nine…
Continue ReadingMan who threatened Dutch minister gets 6 months in prison
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch media report that a man who stood outside the home of a former Dutch foreign minister shouting and waving a…
Continue ReadingChances were missed to stop U. of Michigan sexual abuse
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Complaints that a University of Michigan sports doctor was committing sexual assault went back decades,…
Continue ReadingFourth Calif. federal prison worker charged with sex abuse
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fourth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: The federal charges against 3 cops in Floyd death
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former officers who were with Derek Chauvin during the arrest that led to George Floyd’s…
Continue ReadingSinger Fred Parris of the Five Satins dead at age 85
NEW YORK (AP) — Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s harmony group the Five Satins and composer of the classic doo-wop ballad “In the Still…
Continue ReadingLegislator dies using medical suicide law he helped pass
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The wife of a former Vermont legislator and House majority leader says he has died with the help of a law he himself…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico asks Guard to sub for sick teachers amid omicron
By MORGAN LEE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is asking National Guard troops and state bureaucrats to…
Continue ReadingBaby orangutan being bottle-fed, which intrigues others
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The infant endangered Sumatran orangutan at the zoo in New Orleans is being bottle-fed because his mother wasn’t producing…
Continue ReadingJune 13 date set for state trial for 3 cops in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has been rescheduled for…
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