Rex Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, dies
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of the Missouri-based media company Rust Communications, has died. The company’s…
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Steelers’ Harris seeks to help Roethlisberger reach playoffs
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back Najee Harris helped Ben Roethlisberger win last Monday night in what was likely the…
Continue ReadingNavy expands boot camp to sharpen focus on character issues
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp in a major overhaul aimed at improving…
Continue ReadingEx-Oklahoma police officer gets 25 years for 2014 killing
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Oklahoma police officer to 25 years in prison for the 2014 killing of his daughter’s…
Continue ReadingLouisiana Supreme Court upholds employer vaccine mandate
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the state’s…
Continue ReadingSlain officer’s sister sues Facebook for wrongful death
By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The sister of a slain federal security officer is suing Facebook, alleging the tech giant…
Continue ReadingEx-Mich. lawmaker denies assault allegation, admits affairs
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan legislative leader is denying allegations that he raped his future…
Continue ReadingCoast Guard announces safety rules after deadly boat fire
By STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Coast Guard has announced new safety rules following a deadly blaze that…
Continue ReadingBiden’s economic challenge: Finding workers and goods
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden enters the midterm election year of 2022 determined to address what economists call a “supply”…
Continue ReadingMother charged after son found in trunk at COVID test site
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston mother was charged after authorities allege she placed her 13-year-old son in the trunk…
Continue ReadingJudge Judy funds scholarships at NY law school she attended
NEW YORK (AP) — “Judge Judy” Sheindlin has given a $5 million donation to New York Law School in Manhattan, where she, her daughter and…
Continue ReadingSidney Poitier: A trailblazing life in his own words
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a trailblazing actor to generations of Black performers in Hollywood, Sidney Poitier often spoke…
Continue ReadingPolice: 2 Haitian journalists killed by gang near capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti say two journalists were killed by gang members while reporting in a conflictive area south of…
Continue ReadingBiden surveys Colorado wildfire damage, comforts victims
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden has visited Colorado to comfort residents…
Continue ReadingBoth sides seek to delay state trial for cops in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd are asking…
Continue ReadingCruz apologizes for describing Jan. 6 attack as terrorism
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not often that Ted Cruz finds himself having to mend fences with the right. But that was…
Continue ReadingCongressman’s memoir corrected to remove reporter criticism
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of a memoir by Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is correcting a passage about a…
Continue ReadingMan gets 25 years for sex trafficking at 2020 Super Bowl
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in South…
Continue ReadingData shortfall impairs Brazil’s tracking of spreading virus
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is already one of the countries most devastated by COVID-19 and it’s…
Continue ReadingTexas ban on most abortions returns to court as law remains
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortion clinics that were unable to stop the nation’s most restrictive abortion…
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