Jury convicts Iowa police chief of lying to feds to acquire machine guns
By JACK DURA Associated Press A federal jury has convicted a small-town Iowa police chief of lying to federal authorities to acquire machine guns.…
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UN envoy says Libya will slide into `disintegration’ if politicians don’t move toward elections
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya has sent a warning to the country’s feuding political…
Continue ReadingFirst nitrogen execution was a ‘botched’ human experiment, Alabama lawsuit alleges
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama death row inmate has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of…
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OSP ramping up saturation patrols in Central Oregon for President’s Day weekend, WinterFest visitors
The Oregon State Police said Thursday it’s ramping up patrols in Central Oregon Friday through Sunday. A high-visibility saturation patrol is planned…
Continue Reading2 women killed, 1 seriously injured in stabbing attack west of Montreal
VAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec (AP) — Police say a stabbing attack in a condominium tower west of Montreal has left two women dead and another seriously…
Continue ReadingMan fatally shot on a Denver bus after approaching teen, getting into argument, police say
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old accused of fatally shooting a man on a Denver bus opened fire in the…
Continue ReadingFBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar…
Continue ReadingMichigan school shooter’s father wants a jury from outside the community
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter wants jurors from a different county to decide his involuntary manslaughter case. A…
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Bend Police arrest Uber driver from La Pine on kidnap charge; ride-share company calls incident ‘unsettling, unacceptable’
A 48-year-old Uber driver from La Pine was arrested in downtown Bend on a kidnapping charge Tuesday night, accused of driving a female passenger…
Continue ReadingLawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The ACLU of Virginia is suing the state Department of Education to challenge…
Continue ReadingGreece legalizes same-sex marriage in a first for an Orthodox Christian country
By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — The Greek parliament on Thursday passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, in a landmark…
Continue Reading11 cold-stunned sea turtles returned to Atlantic after rehabilitation in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Workers from Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida have released 11 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft is making 4 exclusive Xbox video games available to rival consoles
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Several exclusive Xbox games will be soon making their way to rival consoles, the…
Continue ReadingDelay tactics and quick trips: Takeaways from two Trump case hearings in New York and Georgia
By JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s unprecedented tangle of overlapping trials was on…
Continue ReadingA loophole got him a free New York hotel stay for five years. Then he claimed to own the building
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who succeeded in using a New York City housing law live rent-free in an iconic hotel has…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Vince Staples redirects offbeat impulses from familiar territory of rap to new Netflix series
By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Vince Staples has been in the limelight for more than a decade, he still thinks fame…
Continue ReadingFormer FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ role in Ukraine business, undercutting GOP impeachment inquiry
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant with lying about…
Continue ReadingMan charged with beheading father carried photos of federal buildings, bomb plans, DA says
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The suburban Philadelphia man charged with decapitating his father and posting a video online in which he holds up…
Continue ReadingKansas City shooting may have stemmed from personal dispute, police say; 2 juveniles detained
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone, Shimon Prokupecz and Josh Campbell, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Two juveniles have been detained in…
Continue ReadingKansas City shooting may have stemmed from personal dispute, police say; 2 juveniles detained
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone, Shimon Prokupecz and Josh Campbell, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Two juveniles have been detained in…
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