Mayor of Alabama’s capital becomes latest to try to limit GOP ‘permitless carry’ law
Associated Press/Report For America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of Alabama’s state capital has signed a local ordinance into law requiring…
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Police say they arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to school in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police have arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to his school. According to local news outlets,…
Continue ReadingMan arrested after making threats, assaulting women in downtown Louisville, Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting women and making “homicidal and suicidal…
Continue Reading1 student dead after shooting in a Maryland high school dispute, police say
JOPPA, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a student at a Maryland high school has died after being shot by another student during a dispute in a bathroom…
Continue ReadingForced to choose how to die, South Carolina inmate lets lawyer pick lethal injection
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A condemned man was forced to choose how he’ll be put to death in South Carolina. Freddie Owens ended…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina GOP leaders reach spending deal to clear private school voucher waitlist
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders announced on Friday that they reached a spending deal…
Continue ReadingWatchdogs ask judge to remove from Utah ballots a measure that would boost lawmakers’ power
Associated Press Government watchdog groups are asking a judge to remove from the Utah ballot a measure that would give lawmakers more power over…
Continue ReadingA rare copy of the US Constitution went missing for centuries. Now it’s being auctioned for millions
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk.…
Continue ReadingBlack U.S. Paralympians hope to see a more diverse team in the future
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Gold medal-winning high jumper Roderick Townsend and U.S. flag bearer and sitting volleyball star Nicky Nieves took…
Continue ReadingTexas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is suing to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal…
Continue ReadingJudge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until after the November election, granting…
Continue ReadingConnecticut pastor elected president of nation’s largest Black Protestant denomination
Associated Press A Connecticut pastor will be the new president of the largest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S., bringing to an end a…
Continue ReadingWalz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for ‘all the right reasons’ while condemning Hamas
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said Thursday that those protesting American support for Israel’s war…
Continue ReadingPolice have upped their use of Maine’s ‘yellow flag’ law since the state’s deadliest mass shooting
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says there has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to…
Continue ReadingBlinken visits Dominican Republic as talks with president focus on economy and Haiti’s crisis
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader have met behind…
Continue ReadingCourt puts Ohio House speaker back in control of GOP purse strings
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has returned control of Ohio House Republicans’ campaign purse strings to Speaker Jason…
Continue ReadingA wish at Rome’s Trevi Fountain could soon cost more than the coin you toss
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain. The city’s top tourism…
Continue ReadingResidents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery
Associated Press LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Although it has been nearly four years since hurricanes Laura and Delta decimated southwest Louisiana and…
Continue ReadingBomb threat forces Vistara airline plane en route to Frankfurt to land in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a Vistara airline flight en route to Germany from India has made a forced landing in Turkey following a bomb…
Continue ReadingRFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in his effort to get off ballots
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina…
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