Crews battle largest US wildfire, threats grow across West
By EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling the Dixie Fire face “another critical day” as…
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Census data puts target on rural, Rust Belt House districts
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press While suburban congressional districts are swelling with new residents, lawmakers in large swaths of rural America…
Continue ReadingJudge tosses most claims in armed occupation death lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death suit by the family of an Arizona rancher who…
Continue ReadingJames Hormel, first openly gay U.S. ambassador, dies at 88
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — James Hormel, the first openly gay U.S. ambassador and a philanthropist who funded organizations to fight AIDS and promote…
Continue Reading2 Seattle cops who were at US Capitol in January are fired
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz has fired the two police officers who authorities say violated…
Continue ReadingHaitian judge overseeing Moïse slaying case withdraws
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Haitian judge assigned to oversee the investigation into the assassination of…
Continue ReadingTexas murder suspect granted bond after police data loss
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who was scheduled for trial on murder charges this week has instead been granted release on bond. That’s after…
Continue ReadingCOVID-stricken Oregon deploys National Guard to hospitals
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s governor says she will deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina gets $100k from DNC for voter registration
By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Democrats are getting $100,000 from the Democratic…
Continue ReadingMultiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity
By ASTRID GALVAN and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press For the 2010 Census, René D. Flores, a Mexican American college professor, marked his race as…
Continue ReadingCentral America migrants disoriented by US expulsion flights
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press EL CEIBO, Guatemala (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants _ many families with young children _ expelled…
Continue ReadingBiden admin backs Texas, Florida districts on mask mandates
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is offering its full-throated support for local cities and…
Continue ReadingBoston’s famed Skinny House back on market, listed for $1.2M
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s famous Skinny House is on the market for $1.2 million. The Boston Globe reports the vertically rectangular-shaped…
Continue ReadingBattle over masks, vaccines roils California recall election
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The fight over mask and vaccine mandates moved to the center of…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Texas GOP enlists law enforcement to end standoff
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican officials in Texas say law enforcement is now helping in the…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects secret submission in suit over teen’s death
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has rejected the federal government’s request to provide classified…
Continue ReadingAfter big county fair, virus hits hard in rural Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A rural county in Mississippi is being overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases, two weeks…
Continue ReadingUS warns 9/11 anniversary could inspire extremist attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest terrorism alert bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security warns that the upcoming 20th anniversary of the…
Continue ReadingNew Oregon law suspends graduation testing requirement
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A new Oregon law that suspends a requirement for a basic-skills test in math, reading and writing to graduate high school is…
Continue ReadingMexico says 5.2 million dropped out of school in pandemic
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is on a drive to convince people to send their kids back to school in September, and the government has…
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