Louisiana lawmakers pass new congressional map with second majority-Black district
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature passed a congressional map with a second majority-Black district…
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Harvard creates task forces on antisemitism and Islamophobia
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Like other universities, Harvard is struggling to manage campus responses to Israel’s war in…
Continue ReadingIsraeli government divisions deepen as cabinet minister says defeating Hamas is unrealistic
By Nadeen Ebrahim and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Divisions within the Israeli government are deepening after war cabinet minister Gadi…
Continue ReadingMan on trial for killing young woman whose friends pulled into wrong driveway says ‘my soul is dead’
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man on trial for the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman who was with a group of friends who…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Republicans introduce a bill to ban abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans have introduced a bill that would set up a binding statewide…
Continue ReadingSuspect in professor’s shooting at North Carolina university bought gun, went to range, warrants say
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Federal search warrants have revealed new details about a shooting in August on the University of North Carolina’s…
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Jake & Josh Eckstein Memorial Trade Scholarship Fund surpasses fundraising goal
– Harcourts the Garner Group Real Estate has partnered with area restaurants and the Discovery West Builders Guild to raise funds for the Josh and…
Continue ReadingAlec Baldwin charged for second time in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
CNN By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Actor Alec Baldwin has been indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on…
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DCSO update: La Pine man who failed to return home, prompting search, found OK at area hotel
A La Pine man who walked away from his home Thursday afternoon and failed to return, prompting a public plea for help finding him, was located Friday…
Continue Reading6 nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti while they were traveling on a bus, religious leaders say
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Religious leaders say six nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti as they traveled on a bus through the capital. The Haitian…
Continue ReadingPrivate US lander destroyed during reentry after failed mission to moon, company says
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s failed moonshot ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific,…
Continue ReadingManslaughter charges dismissed against Detroit officer who punched man during confrontation
DETROIT (AP) — Manslaughter charges have been dismissed against a former Detroit police officer who punched a 71-year-old man in the face, causing…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer on movie set in New Mexico
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021…
Continue ReadingPolice reports and video released of campus officer kneeling on teen near Las Vegas high school
By KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage…
Continue ReadingSmall commuter airliner traveling from Dulles lands on road
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A small commuter plane, which took off from Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, has landed on…
Continue ReadingPlane makes emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from Dulles airport
DULLES, Va. (AP) — A small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles…
Continue ReadingAn experienced hiker dies in a solo trek in blinding, waist-deep snow in New Hampshire mountains
By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of…
Continue ReadingSports Illustrated employees left in limbo as publisher faces money troubles
By JOE REEDY and DAVID BAUDER AP Sports Writer The jobs of people who produce Sports Illustrated were in limbo Friday after the company that paid to…
Continue ReadingLawyer hired to prosecute Trump in Georgia is thrust into the spotlight over affair claims
By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired attorney Nathan Wade to lead the Georgia…
Continue ReadingLions finally giving fans, including Eminem, chance to cheer for a winner after decades of futility
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eminem stood alongside Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson before the…
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