Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, has died. She…
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After 40 years in Park City, Sundance exploring options for 2027 film festival and beyond
By LINDSEY BAHR and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home.…
Continue ReadingRepublican AGs attack Biden’s EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Twenty-three Republican attorneys general are attacking the Biden administration’s…
Continue ReadingLawmakers vote down bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about…
Continue ReadingVermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from July’s catastrophic flooding and other…
Continue ReadingMississippi legislators won’t smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring…
Continue ReadingSkeletal remains found at home in Illinois identified as those of woman missing since 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say skeletal remains found at a house in Springfield have been identified as those of a woman who vanished in…
Continue ReadingAppeals court leaves temporary hold on New Jersey’s county line primary ballot design in place
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely…
Continue ReadingLockdown lifts at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota after report of a single gunshot
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A lockdown prompted by a report of a gunshot at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota has lifted. Security…
Continue ReadingCatch up on the day’s news: Mayorkas impeachment fails, dementia risks, NBA player banned
By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Using your brain for complex thinking during work can pay off in more ways than one, according to a…
Continue ReadingCatch up on the day’s news: Mayorkas impeachment fails, dementia risks, NBA player banned
CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Using your brain for complex thinking during work can pay off in more ways than one, according…
Continue ReadingLawmakers vote against hearing Arizona bill repealing abortion ban on House floor
CNN By Arit John and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives once again failed to advance a…
Continue ReadingAir National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in…
Continue ReadingMaui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people
By Holly Yan, Emma Tucker, Sara Smart and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A new report on the disastrous Maui infernos that left 101 people dead…
Continue ReadingBrazilian police detain woman suspected of taking a dead man to withdraw bank loan
By Alessandra Castelli, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil have detained a woman suspected of wheeling a dead man, who she said was her uncle, to a…
Continue ReadingIndia election: A visual guide to voting in the world’s largest democracy
By Rosa de Acosta and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A mammoth exercise in democracy is underway in India, where nearly a billion people will go to…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina coach Dawn Staley gushes over congratulations from Queen B
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title…
Continue ReadingBoeing whistleblower: ‘They are putting out defective airplanes’
By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — Boeing’s already battered reputation took another hit at two Senate committee…
Continue ReadingSenate kills the articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas
By Gregory Krieg, Ted Barrett, Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The Senate made short work of the articles of impeachment against…
Continue ReadingAbu Ghraib military contractor warned bosses of abuses 2 weeks after arriving, testimony reveals
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib…
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