Supreme Court commission talks positively of shorter terms
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A commission tasked with studying potential changes to the Supreme Court is releasing a first…
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Partial Denali park road closure in Alaska expected for 2022
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — About half the main road through Denali National Park and Preserve will be remain closed next year…
Continue ReadingUN envoy urges new action to integrate Colombian ex-fighters
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Colombia is calling for greater efforts to integrate former…
Continue ReadingMiami commissioners vote to end police chief’s stormy tenure
MIAMI (AP) — Miami city commissioners have unanimously voted to fire Police Chief Art Acevedo after a short and stormy tenure in which he clashed…
Continue ReadingHearing set abruptly in 2018 Florida school massacre case
By TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A court hearing is set Friday in Florida for Nikolas Cruz, the man…
Continue Reading4 hospitalized with burns in Northern California plane crash
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Four people are in critical condition after they were pulled from an airplane that went down Thursday afternoon near a…
Continue ReadingEnvoy aborts visit to Myanmar, straining ASEAN relations
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar says a special envoy appointed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations canceled his…
Continue ReadingMyanmar bars Suu Kyi’s lawyer from talking about her cases
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The main lawyer for Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he has been issued a gag order…
Continue ReadingMexico City: criminal charges brought in subway collapse
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors announced they will bring criminal charges against “several people and companies” for construction…
Continue ReadingBiden signs debt limit hike, but December standoff looms
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill raising the nation’s debt limit until early…
Continue ReadingProject could help needy Mississippi families hold onto land
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A nonprofit law firm announced a new project to help low-income families hold onto…
Continue ReadingMichigan AG defends charges in man’s death at mall in 2014
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says new evidence and fresh eyes have led to involuntary manslaughter…
Continue ReadingChicago cops won’t be sent home over vaccine status — yet
By DON BABWIN and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police leaders and the mayor say that officers will not be ordered to go…
Continue ReadingUS to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of…
Continue ReadingCher sues heirs of Sonny Bono over song and record revenue
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cher has sued the widow of her former musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono over royalties for Sonny and Cher songs…
Continue ReadingFormer Boeing pilot involved in Max testing indicted
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A former Boeing test pilot has been indicted on fraud charges related to his work in evaluating…
Continue ReadingBattle over California fire insurance policies intensifies
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California insurance pool is appealing a judge’s order that it offer homeowners…
Continue ReadingYoungkin calls rally flag pledge ‘weird and wrong’
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Republican candidate for governor is calling it “weird and wrong” that…
Continue ReadingUK extends visas to overseas butchers amid labor shortage
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says it will allow up to 800 more foreign butchers work in the U.K. on…
Continue ReadingDozens of US nuclear lab workers sue over vaccine mandate
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Scientists and other workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons…
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