Mormon billionaire leaves faith, rebukes LGBTQ rights stance
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advertising-technology billionaire has formally resigned his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
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United Methodists to join in plan for Boy Scouts bankruptcy
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Congregations affiliated with the United Methodist Church have agreed to contribute $30 million to a fund for victims who say…
Continue ReadingIowa man arraigned on 7 charges for Jan. 6 US Capitol attack
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man charged earlier for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Continue ReadingDOJ says inmates on home confinement can stay out of prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reversed its own legal opinion and will now allow federal inmates released on home confinement during…
Continue ReadingHigh wind postpones launch of NASA’s newest space telescope
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — High wind will keep NASA’s newest space telescope on the ground for at least…
Continue ReadingFootball, reality competition conclusions dominate TV
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers were in the mood for competition last week. NFL football games were the…
Continue ReadingAP sources: NHL to withdraw from Olympics after COVID surge
By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers The NHL is not sending players to the Beijing Olympics after all. Two people with direct knowledge…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Almodóvar on unearthing the past in ‘Parallel Mothers’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” stars Penelope Cruz and Milena Smit as young mothers…
Continue ReadingFather of kidnapped missionaries is grateful they’re free
HART, Mich. (AP) — The father of four Christian missionaries from Michigan who escaped from kidnappers in Haiti is expressing gratitude and says…
Continue ReadingBrawl breaks out inside Miami airport; 2 charged
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say two travelers are facing charges following a brawl with police at Miami…
Continue ReadingFauci says Fox’s Watters should be fired for comments on him
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News defended Jesse Watters after he used the phrase “kill shot” in a speech urging young…
Continue ReadingTruck driver’s trial in fatal biker crash expected in July
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The trial for a truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in…
Continue ReadingIdaho suspect in killing case now faces cannibalism charge
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man accused in the September killing of a man has been charged with the additional crime of cannibalism.…
Continue ReadingParents, schools face another reckoning over COVID-19 cases
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The quick spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has stirred another reckoning…
Continue ReadingSheriff gets $25K bond in assault case over shocked inmate
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has set bond at $25,000 for suspended Marlboro County Sheriff Charles Lemon days…
Continue ReadingPolicing experts: Series of errors preceded Wright shooting
By STEPHEN GROVES AND KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press The suburban Minneapolis police officer on trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright has said…
Continue Reading‘Summer of Soul,’ ‘Drive My Car’ make Oscars shortlist
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Documentaries about Julia Child, “Black Woodstock,” the pandemic and The Velvet Underground and acclaimed…
Continue ReadingBulgarian defense minister rejects possible NATO deployment
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s defense minister says he cannot justify a deployment of NATO troops on his territory. Stefan Yanev…
Continue ReadingEx-gymnastics coach wins appeal on Nassar-related conviction
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press / Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Michigan…
Continue ReadingIsraeli fire kills Palestinian after attempted car ramming
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army says troops killed a Palestinian who allegedly tried to carry out a car-ramming attack near a military…
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