Mixed feelings in El Paso about looser Texas gun limits
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A new Texas law allows most people age 21 or older who haven’t been convicted of a felony to…
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Alabama sets new execution date for inmate for 1991 murder
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has rescheduled the execution of an Alabama inmate who had his lethal injection…
Continue ReadingCoroner: Arkansas deputy shot teen fatally in neck, arm
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas coroner’s report says a teenager shot by a deputy in June died of gunshot wounds to his neck and arm. The…
Continue ReadingAP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Far right extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers…
Continue ReadingEffort underway to rescue girls soccer team from Afghanistan
By ALEX SANZ and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press An international effort is underway to evacuate members of Afghanistan’s girls national soccer…
Continue Reading“We got power!”: Electricity back in sliver of New Orleans
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A small section of New Orleans saw the lights go back on after Hurricane Ida blacked out the…
Continue ReadingArkansas inmates not told they were given anti-parasite drug
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail say they weren’t told a medication…
Continue ReadingNot guilty plea entered for Marilyn Manson on misdemeanors
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — An attorney has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of musical artist Marilyn Manson, who is accused of approaching a…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Parkland suspect shouldn’t be called ‘the killer’
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the former student accused of murdering 17 at a Florida high school…
Continue ReadingAsk for COVID vaccine proof, face a $5,000 fine in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will start issuing $5,000 fines to businesses, schools and government agencies that require people to show proof…
Continue ReadingOklahoma board sets dates for high-profile death-row inmates
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has set tentative dates for clemency hearings for high-profile death row inmate Julius…
Continue ReadingMore than 30 California children still stuck in Afghanistan
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Officials say more than 30 California children are still stuck in Afghanistan after they traveled…
Continue ReadingMisspelling of Moderna leads to tourist’s arrest in Hawaii
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Court documents say a 24-year-old Illinois woman submitted a fake COVID-19 vaccination…
Continue ReadingGunmen kidnap 73 students in latest attack on Nigeria school
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police in northwestern Nigeria say gunmen have attacked another remote school, kidnapping…
Continue ReadingMexico president highlights corruption fight in address
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has delivered his third state of the nation…
Continue ReadingArizona publisher drops poisoning claims against ex-wife
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona newspaper publisher who repeatedly claimed his ex-wife poisoned him has…
Continue ReadingCanada’s Ontario province to require vaccine certificates
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario has become the fourth Canadian province to announce residents will soon have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19…
Continue ReadingFirst set of Justice Dept. agents now wearing body cams
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first set of federal agents working for the Justice Department began wearing body cameras…
Continue ReadingLouisiana man’s personal levee no match for Ida’s fury
By JAY REEVES Associated Press DES ALLEMANDS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man who built a levee around his home after Hurricane Katrina thought he was…
Continue ReadingGeelani, Kashmir’s staunchest anti-India leader, dies at 91
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Syed Ali Geelani, an icon of disputed Kashmir’s resistance against…
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