Why AP isn’t using ‘presumptive nominee’ to describe leading presidential candidates
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are the front-runners for their respective…
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A divided federal appeals court won’t revive Texas online journalist’s lawsuit over 2017 arrest
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press A divided federal appeals court has refused to revive the lawsuit of a Texas-based online citizen journalist who…
Continue ReadingUN chief warns that Israel’s rejection of a two-state solution threatens global peace
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Israel on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Continue ReadingMan ordered to stand trial in slaying of Detroit synagogue leader
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The man accused of slaying a Detroit synagogue leader whose body was found in October outside her…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts farmworker charged in Northern California mass shootings
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A farmworker charged with killing seven people last year in back-to-back shootings at…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times to lay off 20% of newsroom, one of the largest staff reductions in paper’s history
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Times says it plans to lay off at least 115 employees — more than 20% of the newsroom. The purge starting…
Continue ReadingBiden bolsters campaign with two top White House aides as focus turns to the general election
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is dispatching two of his senior-most White House advisers…
Continue ReadingFEMA devotes more resources to outstanding claims filed by New Mexico wildfire victims
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is devoting more resources to processing outstanding claims…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court upholds local gun safety pamphlet law in Maryland
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a county law in Maryland that requires gun dealers to…
Continue ReadingScientists spot previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in Antarctica
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer Scientists have spotted previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in new satellite imagery. At least some…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia-area woman charged with torturing and killing animals live on the internet
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia-area woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police say videos she posted show her torturing and…
Continue ReadingLawsuit says Minnesota jail workers ignored pleas of man before he died of perforated bowel
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A lawsuit alleges that Minnesota jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after…
Continue ReadingPastor accused of defrauding investors of $3M via crypto scheme says he got help from ‘the Lord’
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado pastor for an online church who is accused of defrauding investors of more than $3.2…
Continue ReadingSouth African police arrest man after he tells inquiry he started a fire that left 76 dead
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man has been arrested hours after he claimed responsibility for starting a building fire in…
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors charge 40 people after four-year probe of drug trafficking in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve cracked down on drug trafficking operations in east Mississippi and made about 40…
Continue ReadingAt United and Alaska airlines, frustration with Boeing’s manufacturing problems is boiling over
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The leaders of United Airlines and Alaska Airlines took turns Tuesday blasting Boeing over manufacturing problems…
Continue ReadingAdrian Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Helton thought back to when he was a kid being coached by his father, Jerry, a minor league…
Continue Reading‘Doomsday Clock’ signals existential threats of nuclear war, climate disasters and AI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous…
Continue ReadingBlinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia’s Wagner in Africa’s troubled Sahel
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pitching the United States as a better security…
Continue ReadingNebraska lawmaker announces Democratic bid for Congress, says Republicans bend to ‘vocal minority’
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker and Democrat who ran for governor in 2022 is seeking higher office…
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