Advocates seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measure language
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge is set to rule on whether it’s misleading to say that a proposed abortion-rights…
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UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations officials are hailing limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow…
Continue ReadingThat photo of people wearing ‘Nebraska Walz’s for Trump’ shirts? They’re distant cousins
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn’t recognize the people wearing…
Continue ReadingCalifornia settles lawsuit with Sacramento suburb over affordable housing project
Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has reached a settlement with the city of Elk Grove over an affordable…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities in New York say a North Carolina musician has been charged with using artificial intelligence…
Continue ReadingFootage of motorcade racing JFK to the hospital after he was shot is set to go to auction
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a…
Continue ReadingNoel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Noel E. Parmentel Jr., an essayist, pundit, filmmaker and man about town who satirized politicians across…
Continue ReadingA utility investigated but didn’t find a gas leak before a fatal Maryland house explosion
Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A preliminary report on a fatal home explosion in Maryland says two people reported smelling gas at the…
Continue ReadingTeen arraigned on attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie says he is very sorry
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 17-year-old high school senior charged with attempted murder in the daytime weekend shooting of San…
Continue ReadingAn appeals court upholds a ruling that an online archive’s book sharing violated copyright law
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by…
Continue Reading19 hurt after jail transport van collides with second vehicle, strikes pole northwest of Chicago
ROUND LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Nineteen people have been hurt after a jail transport van collided with another vehicle and struck a pole in northeastern…
Continue ReadingFederal agents seize $33 million worth of cocaine on Puerto Rican island popular with tourists
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents in Puerto Rico have seized $33 million worth of cocaine aboard a boat that was trying to smuggle the…
Continue ReadingSmall, harmless asteroid burns up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth’s atmosphere the same day, NASA…
Continue ReadingThe suspect in the Chicago-area L train shooting will be held until trial, a judge rules
Associated Press MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 30-year-old charged with killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train must remain in custody…
Continue ReadingSurprise Ukrainian resignations include the nation’s top diplomat
Associated Press A spate of resignations from the Ukrainian government came with one major surprise: the departure of the highly regarded foreign…
Continue ReadingA missing 13-year-old wound up in adult jail after lying about her name and age, a prosecutor says
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor says a 13-year-old Pittsburgh-area girl who was reported missing early last month spent time with adult inmates…
Continue ReadingA Florida county’s plan to turn a historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef hits a snag
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida county is in talks to acquire a storied but aging ocean liner in a proposed…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Netanyahu demands open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s…
Continue ReadingVan Zweden earned $1.5M as New York Philharmonic music director in 2022-23
NEW YORK (AP) — Music director Jaap van Zweden earned just over $1.5 million from the New York Philharmonic in the fiscal year ending in August…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two more Ohio abortion restrictions have been blocked in court as the legal impacts of a 2023 constitutional…
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