Maine Democrat stands alone, again, in opposing Biden bill
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is bucking his party again, this time voting against an expansive social and…
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Police: 3 students shot in Denver-area school parking lot
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Three students were shot Friday during a fight in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, the police…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes takes the stand in her criminal fraud trial
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, accused of…
Continue ReadingFDA official explains decision on ‘simplified’ booster shots
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. booster campaign is getting a lot simpler now that regulators have opened extra…
Continue ReadingPakistan again lifts ban, fourth so far, on China’s TikTok
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s media regulating authority has again lifted a ban on the popular Chinese video-sharing service TikTok, this time…
Continue ReadingEmbattled Time’s Up, post-Cuomo, announces a ‘major reset’
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three months after a damaging scandal forced the departure of its top leader, Time’s Up…
Continue ReadingYazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis have returned home after abandoning their journey to reach the European…
Continue ReadingWildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico sees TV tech as one fix to K-12 internet divide
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico education officials are partnering with public television…
Continue Reading12 to stand trial for Kardashian West jewel heist in Paris
PARIS (AP) — French authorities say 12 people will stand trial in Paris over a $10 million jewelry heist targeting Kim Kardashian West in 2016. The…
Continue ReadingFeds confirm Project Veritas raids were part of theft probe
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have confirmed in a court filing Friday that FBI agents seized electronic…
Continue ReadingCourt largely upholds North Dakota law regulating PBMs
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has largely upheld a North Dakota law aimed at regulating…
Continue ReadingAttorney likens Arbery rally to `lynching’ of defendants
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A defense attorney in the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death is likening a large…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to spitting on cop who body-slammed him
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who was body-slammed by a Chicago police officer during a 2019 arrest has pleaded guilty to spitting into the officer’s…
Continue ReadingPolice: Missing 5-year-old Idaho boy was likely abducted
FRUITLAND, Idaho (AP) — Police investigators in southwestern Idaho now say a 5-year-old boy missing since July was likely abducted. Fruitland…
Continue ReadingJennifer Snowpez? Kids get creative with snowplow names
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Captain Snowpants; Yo Bro, No Snow; and Jennifer Snowpez are among the names that will be on some of Vermont’s snowplows…
Continue ReadingResearch links COVID-19 in pregnancy with stillbirths
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women. That’s…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire takes vaccine cash after months of protests
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers have accepted $22.5 million in federal COVID-19 vaccine funding that…
Continue ReadingJailed Georgian ex-president to end 7-week hunger strike
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A lawyer for Mikheil Saakashvili says the imprisoned former Georgian president has agreed to end a seven-week hunger strike…
Continue ReadingTrucker shortage fuels enrollment surge at California school
By EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Business is booming at a truck-driving academy in suburban Los Angeles amid a nationwide…
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