Treasury claims rental assistance helped stop eviction wave
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of households receiving emergency rental assistance has increased steadily in recent…
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US industry wonders: What should tomorrow’s casino floor be?
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Despite noises, flashing lights and video clips, the casino floor of today is not all…
Continue ReadingPolice: Man in Wyoming facing DUI blames 4-year-old son
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A man in the U.S. state of Wyoming allegedly tried getting out of a drunken driving charge by claiming his 4-year-old son was…
Continue ReadingJudge says Oklahoma can proceed with 5 lethal injections
By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma says the state can move forward with scheduled lethal…
Continue ReadingSonny Osborne, bluegrass banjoist behind ‘Rocky Top,’ dies
By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bluegrass musician and singer Sonny Osborne, whose fast banjo licks turned “Rocky Top” into a…
Continue ReadingPolice: 3 Florida teens killed student with knife, sword
MIAMI (AP) — Florida police say a high school student was ambushed and stabbed to death with a knife and sword by another student who was angry he…
Continue Reading‘I can’t breathe’: Public inquiry into Garner’s death begins
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judicial inquiry has begun into the death of Eric Garner. Garner’s dying cry of “I…
Continue ReadingTexas governor approves state voting maps redrawn by GOP
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer…
Continue ReadingPolice: 2 die, 4 injured in Idaho mall shooting
By REBECCA BOONE and KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in Boise, Idaho, say two people were killed and four injured in a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s a ‘wealth tax’ and how would it work?
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press To help pay for his big economic and social agenda, President Joe Biden is looking to go where the big money is and…
Continue ReadingJudge to sentence neo-Nazi group members under terrorism law
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has concluded that two neo-Nazi group members intended to engage in…
Continue ReadingBiden sued over reversal of Trump-era abortion referral ban
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has filed suit against the Biden administration seeking to restore a…
Continue ReadingOfficials say 18 villagers shot dead at mosque in Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Local authorities and police say at least 18 worshippers have been killed by gunmen who…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Iran behind drone attack on US base in Syria
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week…
Continue ReadingTreasury Department names first counselor for racial equity
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government…
Continue ReadingGeorgia shipwreck’s last giant chunk removed from water
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The final giant chunk of an overturned cargo ship has been removed from waters along the coast…
Continue ReadingBillionaire tax hits critics as Biden pushes for budget deal
By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help…
Continue ReadingAmmon Bundy: Report on far-right group undercounted members
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The founder of a far-right anti-government group says a report estimating the…
Continue ReadingCOVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but…
Continue ReadingTennessee senator indicted on campaign cash scheme charges
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator and a Nashville social club owner have…
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