Brazil’s top court suspends vote on Indigenous land rights
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court Justice has requested additional time to review a controversial…
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Oath Keeper pleads guilty in Jan. 6 riot, will cooperate
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty…
Continue ReadingTaliban co-founder disputes internal rifts, denies he was injured in any clash
By Sarah Dean, CNN Taliban co-founder and acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a television interview Wednesday to…
Continue ReadingBiden $3.5T plan tests voter appeal of expansive gov’t role
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s “build back better” agenda is poised to be the most…
Continue ReadingVan Zweden to leave New York Philharmonic after 2023-24
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaap van Zweden will leave the New York Philharmonic at the end of the 2023-24 season after six years as music director, the…
Continue ReadingGunmen abducted migrants in Mexico to demand ransom
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say gunmen who briefly abducted 23 migrants in northern Mexico had been planning to demand ransom from their…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects delay to defamation suit against Donald Trump
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has rejected a request by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to delay…
Continue ReadingEx-House Speaker settles child sexual abuse payments suit
By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Lawyers say once powerful former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Los Angeles County’s board of supervisors voted unanimously on Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Los Angeles County’s board of supervisors voted unanimously on Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County to require vaccines in indoor bars
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public health officials in Los Angeles County will begin requiring proof of COVID-19…
Continue ReadingPolice looking for missing woman Gabby Petito ask for her boyfriend’s cooperation
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Mirna Alsharif and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities searching for missing Florida woman Gabby Petito are hoping to talk…
Continue ReadingRabid bats found in Portland and Beaverton
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials say rabid bats were discovered in Portland and Beaverton. KGW reports the bat in Portland was found in a yard…
Continue ReadingBans on chokeholds for federal officers latest in nationwide push to hold police to a ‘higher standard’
By Emma Tucker, CNN The Justice Department announcement Tuesday that federal law enforcement officers will be banned from using neck restraints…
Continue ReadingMan imprisoned in Giuliani-related fraud case seeks release
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida businessman who admitted that his fraud-busting business was a fraud is citing the…
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US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves…
Continue ReadingUS: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves…
Continue ReadingPritzker: Illinois a ‘force for good’ by cutting carbon gas
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor has signed into law a pledge to eliminate the…
Continue ReadingStates learning how many Afghan evacuees coming their way
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has begun notifying governors and state refugee coordinators about how…
Continue ReadingBiden administration says wolves may need protections restored in western US after states make it easier to kill them
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Biden administration says wolves may need protections restored in western US after states make it easier to kill…
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