New Jersey power broker is charged with racketeering in waterfront redevelopment case
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general has charged Democratic power broker George Norcross with…
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Army lieutenant colonel says Lewiston shooter had ‘low threat’ profile upon leaving hospital
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves says a reservist who committed the deadliest…
Continue ReadingSheriff says 2 of 9 people wounded in Michigan shooting at splash pad remain in critical condition
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan sheriff says two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a splash pad…
Continue ReadingAustrian chancellor to remain in government coalition despite his minister’s controversial EU vote
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said that his conservative Austrian People’s Party would remain in the current government…
Continue ReadingBiden’s Title IX law expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students is dealt another setback
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit…
Continue ReadingAccused lookout in James ‘Whitey’ Bulger prison killing pleads guilty, gets no additional time
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The man accused of acting as lookout during the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster…
Continue ReadingA recently elected mayor is shot and killed in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recently elected mayor has been shot and killed in southern Mexico, in the state of Guerrero. The Guerrero state…
Continue ReadingA record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record 23 of NATO’s…
Continue Reading6 people, including 3 children, killed in Georgia house fire that injured 5 other occupants
NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say six people — including three children — have been killed in a fire that destroyed a home southwest of…
Continue ReadingMalawi’s vice president laid to rest as president calls for an independent probe into his death
By GREGORY GONDWE Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has been laid to rest in his village south of the…
Continue ReadingMan on fishing trip drowns trying to retrieve his keys from a lake. Companion tried to save him
HASTINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man drowned in a lake in upstate New York after his keys fell into the water and he tried to retrieve them.…
Continue ReadingHow to navigate the end of your pet’s life
By MARY CONLON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Lisa Walling’s first house call of the day was with a particularly fluffy hospice patient —…
Continue ReadingLost chances to treat overdose survivors are documented in new Medicare study
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer People on Medicare who survived a drug overdose were much more likely to later receive opioid painkillers than…
Continue ReadingVermont Legislature overrides governor, passing overdose prevention, renewable energy, tax measures
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Democratic-controlled Vermont Legislature on Monday overturned a number of the Republican governor’s vetoes,…
Continue ReadingLawmakers seek health care and retirement protections for Steward Health Care workers
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Democratic members of Congress is seeking reassurances that workers at hospitals owned…
Continue ReadingAn ammunition blast in a Czech military area kills 1 service member, injures 8 other people
PRAGUE (AP) — An ammunition explosion in a military training area in the Czech Republic has killed one service member and injured eight other…
Continue ReadingGerman investigators seize cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros, calling it their biggest find ever
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators announced Monday that they seized cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) from several container ships…
Continue ReadingBoats cruise the Seine river in a rehearsal for the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony
By JEROME PUGMIRE and TOM NOUVIAN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Curious onlookers gathered on bridges as dozens of boats snaked along the Seine…
Continue ReadingMichigan, CUNY didn’t suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US says
By COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA AP Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn’t…
Continue ReadingDutch candidate Cabinet ministers are questioned by official working to build coalition government
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Candidate Cabinet ministers in the Netherlands’ incoming far-right-led government…
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