Police: Arizona family tried to kidnap woman over dishonor
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Peoria police have arrested six members of a family they say targeted a 20-year-old relative…
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California students disciplined for racist social posts
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — Several Northern California high school students have been disciplined after officials learned they posted online photos and…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 deaths straining some Florida hospital morgues
By KELLI KENNEDY and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — One of Florida’s largest health networks is seeing the capacity of its…
Continue ReadingIndictment accuses 2 officers of murdering Austin scientist
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two Texas police officers have been indicted muon murder charges in a line-of-duty fatal shooting of an Austin scientist. One…
Continue ReadingBernie Sanders sells big government’s virtues in red states
By WILL WEISSERT and DARRON CUMMINGS Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Bernie Sanders has long argued that steep federal spending and…
Continue ReadingMarine from Omaha among those killed in Afghanistan
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a 23-year-old Marine from Omaha says he was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack at the Kabul…
Continue ReadingJudge strikes Seattle homelessness measure from ballot
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge has struck a Seattle measure on homelessness from the November ballot even…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft fixes cloud platform vulnerability after warning
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft says it’s fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
Continue ReadingJudges won’t delay NC voting rights restoration for felons
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel of state trial judges has refused to halt its order restoring voting rights for…
Continue Reading2 arrested in fatal shooting of New Orleans officer in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say two men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of an off-duty New Orleans police officer during a holdup while…
Continue ReadingUS projects $3.12T budget deficit for this year, down $555B
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be $555…
Continue Reading7 Ohio prison employees removed after Black inmate’s death
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s correctional agency has terminated seven employees after…
Continue ReadingMexican parents resort to injunctions to get kids vaccinated
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of parents in Mexico have resorted to filing for court injunctions to get…
Continue ReadingSpotted: Cow at a McDonald’s drive-through in Wisconsin
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is becoming a social media sensation after she noticed a cow in the backseat of a car in a…
Continue ReadingChicago: DoorDash, Grubhub mislead restaurants, customers
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are accusing DoorDash and Grubhub of harming the city’s restaurants and their…
Continue ReadingAppeals court: Postage for absentee ballots isn’t a poll tax
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court says that requiring voters to provide their own stamps for mail-in ballots…
Continue ReadingEx-Congo public health minister accused of COVID-19 fraud
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities have arrested Congo’s former public health minister on allegations he…
Continue ReadingJesse Jackson moves to rehab hospital, wife in ICU for COVID
CHICAGO (AP) — Family members say the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been transferred to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Republicans seek $680,000 for 2020 election probe
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are seeking approval to spend up to $680,000…
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