Fort Hood launches effort to address sexual assault, suicide
By ACACIA CORONADO and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — U.S. Army officials have unveiled a new resource and training…
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Nicaraguan opposition says elections “void and illegitimate”
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan opposition groups are saying next month’s presidential election is “void and illegitimate” because…
Continue ReadingHot tub on wheels: Suit says party vehicle lacks pool permit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s metro government has asked a judge to temporarily shut down a hot tub on wheels, saying the party vehicle…
Continue ReadingMeek Mill’s ‘Expensive Pain’ comes with a heavy cost
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Meek Mill is back with his fifth solo studio album, “Expensive Pain.” This…
Continue ReadingSteve Coll leaving as Columbia journalism school dean
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Coll, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is stepping down after nine years as dean of the Columbia University journalism…
Continue ReadingMan indicted for murder in death of Minnesota tribal officer
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man on charges of murder and other counts in the July killing of a Red Lake…
Continue ReadingVermont bald eagle restoration follows years of trying
By WILSON RING Associated Press The state of Vermont is proposing to remove the bald eagle from the state’s listing of threatened and…
Continue ReadingBiden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump
By MATTHEW DALY and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah…
Continue ReadingTexas man gets life term in shooting deaths of family of 8
HOUSTON (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of capital murder in the 2015 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, her husband and six children,…
Continue ReadingPentagon climate plan: war-fighting in hotter, harsher world
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon climate plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth…
Continue ReadingStudy: Small nonprofits hit harder by COVID than larger ones
By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Small arts organizations were among those hit the hardest by shrinking…
Continue ReadingNavy: Sub hit object in Pacific; no life-threatening injury
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says one of its fast-attack submarines struck an object while…
Continue ReadingFatal shooting by school officer investigated as homicide
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police say the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman by a Southern California school safety officer is being…
Continue Reading‘I saw death and destruction’: Passenger recalls train crash
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An Oregon man said he survived a recent train derailment in Montana by holding onto a grab…
Continue ReadingCourt says Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas should be dismissed
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers against a woman…
Continue ReadingOfficial pledges US help for Haiti on migration, stability
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A senior U.S. official says the number of U.S.-bound Haitian migrants temporarily…
Continue ReadingUK eases travel restrictions further by slashing ‘red list’
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government said it is to relax travel rules further next week, a move that will open up…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Bay Area to drop some indoor mask mandates
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Counties in the San Francisco Bay Area will start easing their requirements for people…
Continue ReadingGunman who killed agent on Amtrak train in Arizona ID’d
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Officials have identified the armed passenger who died in a gunfight after fatally shooting a federal agent inside an Amtrak…
Continue ReadingWoman gets jail time for Yellowstone grizzly close encounter
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Illinois woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with…
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