Maryland lawmakers override Hogan’s congressional map veto
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly has voted to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of…
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Texas jury awards $301B settlement in suit against bar
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has awarded a largely symbolic settlement of more than $301 billion in a lawsuit against a Corpus Christi…
Continue ReadingFading swing seats show how redistricting kills competition
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press One casualty of this year’s congressional redistricting process across the country is the swing seat in a…
Continue ReadingChile president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera has signed a law permitting same-sex couples to marry and adopt. The ceremony came…
Continue ReadingFire at Tunisian Islamist party HQ leaves 1 dead, 18 injured
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A fire at Tunisia’s largest Islamist party’s headquarters in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia mom charged in case of kid hitting sports rival
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman faces criminal charges because authorities say she told her basketball…
Continue ReadingTravis Scott says he was unaware of deaths until after show
The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott says in an interview that he didn’t know that fans had died at his Astroworld…
Continue ReadingMetropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ire
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces…
Continue ReadingMacron urges Britain to ease asylum measures, keep promises
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Britain to make it easier for people to apply for asylum and harder for people to work illegally to stem…
Continue ReadingBelgium: Mixed-race women lose crime against humanity suit
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy and sued the…
Continue ReadingSheriff: N Carolina student was carrying AK-47 on school bus
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say a high school student has been taken into custody after he was found carrying a rifle…
Continue ReadingSienna Miller settles phone hacking claim against tabloid
LONDON (AP) — Actor Sienna Miller has accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of British tabloid newspaper The Sun which she accuses…
Continue ReadingCongressional staffer with gun in bag causes brief lockdown
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police arrested a congressional staffer on Thursday after he walked into a…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa approves Pfizer vaccine booster amid COVID wave
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s regulatory authority has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as a…
Continue ReadingBrazil to quarantine unvaccinated airline visitors
By DEBORA ALVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil will require international travelers who aren’t vaccinated against the…
Continue ReadingArmenia, Azerbaijan trade blame for border clashes
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded blame for border clashes in which officials say at least one soldier has been killed and…
Continue ReadingSaudi activist sues 3 former U.S. officials over hacking
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A prominent political activist who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia is…
Continue ReadingPolice: Girl gave birth after father sold her to another man
BEAVER DAM, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who police say sold his juvenile daughter to another man has been arrested and charged with human…
Continue ReadingFor NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise year-end decree by Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all…
Continue ReadingTeen charged with teacher’s murder seek trial as juvenile
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The attorney for an Iowa teenager charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit…
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