Month: August 2021

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the faith widely known as the Mormon church remain deeply…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SITES, Calif. (AP) — It’s been seven years since California voters agreed to borrow billions of dollars to…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats were poised to set new legislative boundaries over objections from Republicans…

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida deputy was wounded, and the man who shot him was killed during a traffic stop. Brevard County…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old former nursing student charged in a deadly shooting…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is in Tokyo meeting Japan’s foreign minister to discuss efforts…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The mayor of Honolulu says the city will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums,…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A court in Colombia has refused to allow a trial for a retired general accused of offering…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida state education officials have begun to make good on threats to withhold funding from local school districts that…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is asking…

A federal grand jury has indicted a defrocked American priest on charges of having sex with minors while running a children’s shelter in a remote…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who stockpiled illegal fireworks in his South Los Angeles backyard — which were…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey authorities say a young lifeguard was killed and seven other people…

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether a Texas man was inspired by foreign terrorists when he fatally shot a Lyft driver in a…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A first group of 149 Afghan evacuees has landed in North Macedonia, where they will stay for a few months pending…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states have sued President Joe Biden’s administration…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas city officials say an ongoing audit of police crime data has found that the data missing from the city’s computer…

By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma civil rights group has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a new anti-protest…