Ida topples New Orleans jazz landmark where Armstrong worked
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storied New Orleans jazz site where a young Louis Armstrong once worked toppled when Ida blew through Louisiana as one of the…
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New Orleans levees pass Ida’s test while some suburbs flood
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JEFF AMY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New…
Continue ReadingReport: White child put strap on Black child’s neck at camp
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A civil rights group is calling for reform at a Massachusetts children’s summer camp on the affluent vacation resort…
Continue ReadingLouisiana hospitals hit by storm evacuate dozens of patients
By MELINDA DESLATTE and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana hospitals in Hurricane Ida’s path have been forced to…
Continue ReadingMuseum preserves memorial wall for building collapse victims
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials with a South Florida museum are collecting the photos, notes and other…
Continue ReadingACLU seeks halt to South Carolina ban on school mask decrees
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities want an immediate halt to a South Carolina law…
Continue ReadingFlorida judge asked to block enforcement of ‘anti-riot’ law
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge is considering claims that a new Florida law designed to deter…
Continue ReadingU.S. senator calls two-state deal for divided Cyprus ‘wrong’
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the “retrograde vision” of Turkey’s president to…
Continue ReadingIn Kabul, some fear economic collapse more than Taliban fist
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL,Afghanistan (AP) — On the eve of the final U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, some Kabul residents…
Continue ReadingBirds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories, birds of prey worldwide are in…
Continue ReadingBaltimore opens 1st new Catholic school in about 60 years
By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s first new Catholic school in nearly 60 years has opened its door to students.…
Continue ReadingClinics ask high court to block Texas 6-week abortion ban
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion providers in Texas are asking the Supreme Court to prevent enforcement of a state law…
Continue ReadingMan gets life sentence in 2018 killing of Mollie Tibbetts
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the…
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 ReadingDonations pour in after Marine from Wyoming killed in Kabul
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in Afghanistan.…
Continue ReadingSaints working 500 miles from home after displaced by Ida
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are at the home of another NFL team after being displaced by…
Continue ReadingMan testifies against R. Kelly in sex-trafficking trial
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After several days of testimony from women claiming they were sexually abused by R&B star R.…
Continue ReadingCyprus: Syrian oil slick could reach the island in 24 hours
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says an oil slick believed to have originated from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil refineries could reach…
Continue Reading7 minors among 29 dead on migrant boat to Canary Islands
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — At least 29 Africans, including seven children, died last week while trying to reach Spain’s Canary…
Continue ReadingInterior Secretary Deb Haaland, partner wed in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland got married to longtime partner Skip Sayre Saturday night in New Mexico. Interior…
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