Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of…
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Latinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study finds
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term…
Continue ReadingFormer Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Ruth Ann Minner, the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86.…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty in cocaine plot tied to couple’s abduction
By WILSON RING Associated Press A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he was part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine…
Continue ReadingNew grand jury seated as Trump criminal probe continues
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald…
Continue ReadingMissouri attorney general reviewing claims against lawmaker
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt is…
Continue ReadingCharges: 3 federal jail workers took drugs, booze to inmates
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An indictment says two guards and a jail secretary smuggled drugs, booze and cellphones to…
Continue ReadingFAA has referred 37 air passengers for criminal prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they have referred more than three dozen airline passengers for possible criminal prosecution this year, as…
Continue ReadingMigrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of immigrants working on illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon that authorities…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s awaited 5G tender yields billions in investment
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is holding its much-anticipated auction for build-out of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingOptimism from climate talks: Warming projections down a bit
By SETH BORENSTEIN GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scientists say recent pledges by nations at the Glasgow climate talks will pay off but only just a bit.…
Continue ReadingGOP, Dem winners of US House seats in Ohio sworn into office
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two vacant Ohio congressional seats have been filled after Republican Mike Carey, a coal…
Continue ReadingUS government works to ‘cocoon’ old nuclear reactors
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Costs to clean up a massive nuclear weapons complex in Washington state are usually…
Continue ReadingFormer Colorado deputies get prison for detox van death
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies have been sentenced to prison for causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing…
Continue ReadingTrial of ex-Idaho governor longshot ends with hung jury
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in the killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl has ended…
Continue ReadingRemains found thought to be German hiker missing since 1983
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a…
Continue ReadingNavy fires 2 top officers of submarine damaged in collision
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says it fired the two senior officers of a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was damaged in an underwater collision…
Continue ReadingReport: Sudan military to free 4 ministers detained in coup
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state news agency says the country’s top general has ordered the release of four…
Continue ReadingHonduras presidential candidate arrested
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Just weeks before Honduras holds presidential elections, an independent candidate…
Continue Reading4 Oklahoma inmates appeal ruling permitting their executions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the next four Oklahoma inmates scheduled to be executed have filed an appeal of a federal judge’s ruling…
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