1st group of 149 Afghan evacuees arrives in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A first group of 149 Afghan evacuees has landed in North Macedonia, where they will stay for a few months pending…
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6 California families who were in Afghanistan make it out
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Six families from a San Diego suburb have now made it safely out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer…
Continue Reading20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states have sued President Joe Biden’s administration…
Continue ReadingDallas police data loss nearly triple initial estimate
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas city officials say an ongoing audit of police crime data has found that the data missing from the city’s computer…
Continue ReadingOklahoma NAACP files suit challenging anti-protest law
By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma civil rights group has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a new anti-protest…
Continue ReadingLongest war’s cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press U.S. military planes have carried the last U.S. service members and diplomats from Kabul’s airport, ending…
Continue ReadingGOP launches ballot drive to tighten Michigan voting laws
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans are launching a ballot drive to tighten Michigan’s voting and election laws,…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Ida knocked out all eight transmission lines that deliver power to New Orleans,…
Continue ReadingSplit UN Security Council urges Taliban to allow travel, aid
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press  A divided U.N. Security Council is pressing the Taliban to live up to pledges to let people leave Afghanistan…
Continue ReadingDelta Force sniper memorialized for heroism in Somalia
LINCOLN, Maine (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran who died while performing a rescue of a downed helicopter in Somalia has been immortalized with a new…
Continue ReadingNew threat emerges as crews fight Minnesota wildfire: bears
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials leading the fight against wildfires in northeastern Minnesota are warning about a…
Continue ReadingCougar that was kept as illegal pet removed from NYC home
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say an 80-pound cougar was removed from a Bronx apartment where she was being kept illegally as a pet. Kelly Donithan of…
Continue ReadingMontana State University receives $101M donation for nursing
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University said Monday that the founders of an insurance company are donating $101 million to its nursing…
Continue ReadingColorado election official files suit to remove county clerk
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Colorado secretary of state has sued to remove a rural county’s election…
Continue ReadingLithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…
Continue ReadingEven as COVID cases rise, US Open, other events welcome fans
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Full-throated shouts and hearty applause have returned to the U.S. Open tennis tournament.…
Continue ReadingJudge restores unvaccinated Illinois mom’s right to see son
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge has reversed a ruling to bar a divorced mother from seeing her 11-year-old son because she isn’t vaccinated…
Continue ReadingLast troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After two decades, the United States has completed its withdrawal from…
Continue ReadingIowa school mask ban lawsuit amended as feds investigate law
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman has amended her lawsuit over the state’s ban on mandatory face masks in…
Continue ReadingTexas utility settles over sky-high energy bills from freeze
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The electric utility Griddy Energy has reached a settlement with Texas state officials over crushing electric bills…
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