EXPLAINER: How the Arbery trial got a nearly all-white jury
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press The long-standing practice of allowing attorneys to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason has come…
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EXPLAINER: What came of hero testimony at Rittenhouse trial?
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An effort by prosecutors at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial to portray one of the men he shot…
Continue ReadingCanada raises flags after months of honoring Indigenous
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government says it will raise the national flag again all federal buildings after the…
Continue ReadingOfficial: A dozen drug gangs fighting for Mexico’s Caribbean
By DAN CHRISTIAN ROJAS Associated Press PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP) — The shooting of two suspected drug dealers at a resort on Mexico’s…
Continue ReadingElection officials say Youngkin’s underage son tried to vote
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Election officials in northern Virginia say a juvenile son of Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin tried…
Continue ReadingStabbing death fuels immigration criticism in Florida
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A stabbing death in Florida is fueling criticism of the federal government’s handling of…
Continue ReadingFBI searches homes tied to Project Veritas over diary probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents searched the New York homes of people tied to the conservative group Project Veritas months after the group received…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council calls for end to Ethiopia hostilities
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has called for an end to the intensifying and expanding…
Continue ReadingIndiana congressman deletes post, gets Twitter access back
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana congressman has regained control of his office Twitter account after deleting a post about a transgender Biden…
Continue ReadingTroopers: Helicopter rescues 7 iced in at remote Alaska camp
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has rescued seven people who had been iced in since last week at a…
Continue ReadingSacramento detectives use DNA to find ‘Cloverleaf Rapist’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Sacramento have arrested a man suspected of committing a series of violent sexual assaults by using DNA…
Continue ReadingProsecutor in Andrew Cuomo’s groping case seeks more time
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor investigating accusations that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped a woman…
Continue ReadingJudge nixes challenge to ban on Florida school mask mandates
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida’s ban on coronavirus mask mandates in schools will stay in…
Continue ReadingBiden’s bet that economy would boost Democrats falls flat
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been…
Continue ReadingDems end deadlock, House hands Biden infrastructure win
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after…
Continue ReadingMan convicted of fatal stabbing at sleepover
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A young South Florida man has been convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy during a sleepover. The Palm Beach…
Continue ReadingIn Richmond, Youngkin to face ‘the Senate Democratic Alamo’
By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va (AP) — Republican Glenn Youngkin spent months talking to voters about his plans to…
Continue ReadingChauvin, ex-wife plead not guilty to tax evasion charges
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has entered not guilty pleas on tax evasion charges on behalf of Derek Chauvin, the…
Continue ReadingNo toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station on Sunday will be…
Continue ReadingOrthodox patriarch leaves hospital, set to return to Turkey
Associated Press The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has been released from a New York hospital and is expected to fly home to Turkey…
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