$6 billion project to untangle O’Hare runways completed
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Government and airline officials are celebrating the conclusion of a 16-year, $6 billion project to…
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McDonald’s introducing McPlant vegan burger in UK, Ireland
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s will begin selling a vegan burger in the United Kingdom and Ireland this month. The McPlant burger,…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Texas law gives limited window for abortions
By JILL BLEED and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said someone seeking an abortion has “at least six…
Continue ReadingMissouri teacher quits after complaints about gay pride flag
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri teacher says he resigned after he was told to take down a gay pride flag in his classroom and to sign a letter saying…
Continue ReadingJudge: County can’t ban water delivery to Hmong pot farmers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Northern California county officials can’t stop trucks from delivering water to Hmong farmers…
Continue ReadingSpain arrests Venezuelan spymaster wanted on US drug charges
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press Writers MADRID (AP) — Police in Madrid have arrested in a hideout apartment a former Venezuelan…
Continue ReadingReport slams police for not finding dead vet on VA campus
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Federal investigators say confusion over proper procedures at a Massachusetts Veterans Affairs hospital allowed a dead…
Continue ReadingCalifornia firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters are working to quash new fires ignited by lightning after thunderstorms with mostly small but welcome amounts of…
Continue ReadingIn COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Roughly 11,000 kids in Coeur d’Alene were getting ready for their first day of school when…
Continue ReadingFlorida woman given 30 years in husband’s homicide
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman convicted of helping mastermind the killing of her husband more than two decades ago has been sentenced to…
Continue ReadingNigerian army says high profile Boko Haram member arrested
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army says its troops have arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram…
Continue ReadingRomania: No-confidence vote stalled, political crisis grows
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s governing National Liberal Party has blocked a no-confidence motion…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say their former employer has brought white…
Continue ReadingUS average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.88%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates were marginally higher this week as the recovering economy appeared stalled against the backdrop…
Continue ReadingFlorida’s GOP-backed ‘anti-riot’ law blocked by judge
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s new “anti-riot” law championed…
Continue ReadingBiden to campaign Monday with Newsom as recall nears end
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to campaign for California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the final…
Continue ReadingMexico takes major step toward depenalizing abortion
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Susana Dueñas could hardly believe the news: Mexico’s Supreme Court had decided that…
Continue ReadingGuantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11
By BEN FOX Associated Press NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 when he ended the…
Continue ReadingJustice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and PAUL WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most…
Continue ReadingFeds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal and state lawyers will meet next week to negotiate a settlement for money that…
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