Virginia county admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia county is acknowledging that it underreported President Joe Biden’s…
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The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are ‘cruel and unusual’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to…
Continue ReadingEPA sets out rules for proposed ‘methane fee’ for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain…
Continue ReadingFamily sues school district over law that bans transgender volleyball player from girls’ sports
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The family of a transgender volleyball player has added a South Florida school district as a defendant in a federal…
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands of people are in urgent need of assistance in Congo because of flooding
By LOUIS PATRICK OKAMBA Associated Press BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — The United Nations says widespread floods in the Republic of Congo…
Continue ReadingOregon Supreme Court keeps Trump on primary ballot
SALEM, Oregon (AP) — Oregon’s Supreme Court on Friday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, declining to…
Continue ReadingOregon Supreme Court keeps Trump on primary ballot
SALEM, Oregon (AP) — Oregon’s Supreme Court on Friday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, declining to…
Continue ReadingElmore Nickleberry, a Memphis sanitation worker who marched with Martin Luther King, has died at 92
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Elmore Nickleberry, a longtime Memphis sanitation worker who participated in the pivotal…
Continue ReadingUS intensifies oversight of Boeing, will begin production audits after latest mishap for planemaker
By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase oversight of Boeing and audit…
Continue ReadingFormer Pennsylvania defense attorney sentenced to jail for pressuring clients into sex
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania defense attorney who used to work as a county prosecutor has been sentenced to jail for preying on…
Continue ReadingGucci’s new creative director plunges into menswear with slightly shimmery, subversive classics
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Hot off the Taylor Swift’s red-carpet triumph for Gucci in glittering green, the Italian…
Continue ReadingFederal jury finds Puerto Rico ex-legislator Charbonier guilty on corruption charges
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A well-known former legislator in Puerto Rico who is popular with conservatives has been found guilty of federal…
Continue Reading‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ advance with Producers Guild nominations
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” will face off at yet another awards ceremony this season, at the Producers Guild…
Continue ReadingFlorida Dollar General reopens months after the racially motivated killing of 3 Black people
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Dollar General store where three Black people were killed during a racially motivated shooting last summer has reopened…
Continue ReadingT. rex’s older and equally sizable relative discovered in New Mexico
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Continue ReadingPolice in Puerto Rico capture a rhesus macaque monkey chased by a crowd at a public housing complex
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico have captured a rhesus macaque monkey that was being chased by…
Continue ReadingClass action lawsuit filed against Boeing after last week’s Alaska Airlines incident
By Joe Sutton and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Washington state against Boeing on behalf of the…
Continue ReadingMississippi officials say water in state capital is safe one day after E. coli scare
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi State Health Department says Jackson’s water is…
Continue ReadingFormer Connecticut mayoral candidate pleads guilty to Jan. 6 Capitol breach charge
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A former Connecticut city alderman who won a Republican primary for mayor while facing charges related to the…
Continue ReadingJudge orders Indiana to strike Ukrainian provision from humanitarian parole driver’s license law
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against an Indiana law that allows…
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