Young dad-to-be was among 13 US troops killed in Afghanistan
By AMY BETH HANSON, JANIE HAR and AMY FORLITI Associated Press A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the…
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N Carolina couple split jackpot thanks to 2 winning tickets
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina couple split a nearly $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to two identical tickets. They say the sudden…
Continue ReadingJury convicts Colorado deputies in detox van death
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by…
Continue ReadingEviction ban’s end will allow pandemic lockouts to resume
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of…
Continue ReadingUS intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are still divided on the origins of the coronavirus, but believe…
Continue ReadingUS raises concerns about treatment of ex-Jordanian official
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and OMAR AKOUR Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. State Department has raised concerns to Jordan about the possible…
Continue ReadingEx-state worker, sex assault survivor: I’m no political prop
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former state government official who says she is a sexual assault survivor says New Jersey…
Continue ReadingFrom 9/11’s ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
By CALVIN WOODWARD, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and DAVID RISING Associated Press The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought…
Continue ReadingPassenger boat in Bangladesh sinks after collision, 22 dead
DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Officials in Bangladesh say at least 22 people died when a passenger boat sank with more than 100 aboard after a collision.…
Continue ReadingTwo decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias
By MARIAM FAM, DEEPTI HAJELA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have…
Continue ReadingTaliban success in Afghanistan seen as boost for extremists
By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is giving radical Islamic groups from Syria and the Gaza…
Continue ReadingMore COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for US schools
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JAY REEVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials are offering new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren…
Continue Reading4 Line 3 protesters arrested at Minnesota Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota troopers on Friday arrested four people protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement pipeline project at the…
Continue ReadingHouse panel seeks records from tech companies in riot probe
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued sweeping document…
Continue ReadingBroadway theaters attack virus: ‘This is absolutely doable’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a woman who has seen the play “Pass Over” multiple times in just a few days.…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Israeli PM he’ll try diplomacy first with Iran
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that diplomacy was his…
Continue ReadingAs UK airlift ends, Johnson vows to help more Afghans leave
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will “shift heaven and earth” to bring more Afghans…
Continue ReadingRhodes Scholar heading to Oxford after DACA uncertainty
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The first “Dreamer” to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship is finally poised to attend…
Continue ReadingMissouri judge declines to rule on new gun law’s legality
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of a new state law…
Continue Reading‘We can’t do enough’: Lawmakers flooded by evacuation pleas
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the county, the offices of members of Congress have become makeshift…
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