EXPLAINER: The language, reach of new Texas abortion law
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect,…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect,…
Continue ReadingDURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A family that lost five members in a tubing accident on a North Carolina river is suing Duke Energy. Their suit accuses the…
Continue ReadingBy SONNY FIGUEROA Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan officials say they’re trying to arrest a former anti-corruption…
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine landlord has arranged for the rescue of 15 tarantulas and one python that had been left behind by a tenant. The Sun…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI to declassify documents…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s chief of staff says tests confirm that the cause…
Continue ReadingBy ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish scientists say Europe’s southernmost glaciers will likely be reduced to ice patches in…
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s order for a customized, personal desk from a state prison work program will cost nearly…
Continue ReadingMANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the death of a 7-year-old relative who was beaten, forced…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The independent body advising the British government on the rollout of coronavirus vaccines says the…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s plans to start delivery of booster shots by Sept. 20 for most Americans…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans…
Continue ReadingBy BEN FOX and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The secretary of homeland security says tens of thousands of Afghans have been…
Continue ReadingBy CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Health care workers in Hawaii say a lack of government action is worsening an already crippling…
Continue ReadingBy RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A group of parents of disabled students has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the…
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zambia’s parliament has elected its first female speaker, days after new President…
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s most senior and influential Muslim Shiite clerics,…
Continue ReadingBy ROXANA HEGEMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and federal public defenders have…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says a former student accused of murdering 17 people at a Florida high…
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