Arpaio legal tab hits $100M as taxpayers foot his last bills
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly five years after Joe Arpaio was voted out as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous…
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Baldwin shooting highlights risks of rushed film production
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of…
Continue ReadingFor tribes, ‘good fire’ a key to restoring nature and people
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer WEITCHPEC, Calif. (AP) — Native tribes in the U.S. West are making progress toward restoring their ancient…
Continue ReadingBiden: Pope told me that I should ‘keep receiving Communion’
By JOSH BOAK, ZEKE MILLER and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden says Pope Francis told him he’s a “good…
Continue ReadingPolice, public safety flashpoints in Seattle mayoral debate
By CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Policing and public safety dominated the last televised debate between the two people vying to be…
Continue ReadingIllinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In the fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few…
Continue ReadingJapan keeps tourism freeze despite plunge in virus cases
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Filled with pink and fuzzy things and cuddly bears, 6%DOKIDOKI, a tiny store in the heart of…
Continue ReadingUS in talks to compensate families separated at border
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child…
Continue ReadingUS woman in Bali ‘suitcase murder’ freed from jail
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on…
Continue ReadingStudy finds California condors can have “virgin births”
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A new study says endangered California condors can have “’virgin births.” Researchers with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife…
Continue ReadingAmid scandal, Quenneville resigns as Florida Panthers coach
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers on Thursday, two days after the…
Continue ReadingPrisoner gives Guantanamo court first account of CIA abuse
By BEN FOX Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who went through the brutal U.S. government interrogation program…
Continue ReadingPence wades into school debate roiling Va governor’s race
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PURCELLVILLE, Va. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has hailed activist parents in suburban Washington who…
Continue ReadingNo charges for Wyoming librarians over sex ed, LGBTQ books
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A prosecutor in a deeply conservative corner of Wyoming says he won’t charge library…
Continue ReadingServices set for former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods
PHOENIX (AP) — Services for former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods have been set for next month. His wife, Marlene Galan Woods, announced…
Continue ReadingKenya’s president Kenyatta: Africa is at a crossroads
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says Africa is at a crossroads, poised on one hand to…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t validate water deal for California farm supplier
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declined to validate a contract granting permanent access to…
Continue ReadingCalifornia wins $3.5M payoff in illegal gambling lawsuit
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A company that made and operated casino-style games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its…
Continue ReadingPolice aided illegal marijuana operation in Maine, feds say
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal prosecutors say law enforcement officers and a prosecutor aided an operation that…
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