Month: September 2021

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor has signed into law a pledge to eliminate the…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the sex trafficking trial of R. Kelly have played video and audio recordings for the jury…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has begun notifying governors and state refugee coordinators about how…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A clash between gunmen and National Guard troops in the Mexican state of Michoacan has left at least two guardsmen wounded.…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A man previously described by U.S. authorities as the world’s most prolific purveyor…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new watchdog report warns that Nebraska’s prisons face a persistent staffing crisis that…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Crews searching for a missing man at Grand Canyon National Park made an unexpected…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s new schools chief will be San Antonio schools Superintendent Pedro Martinez. Mayor…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — .SpaceX’s first private flight has streaked into orbit with two contest winners, a…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican attorney who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration and who…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 10 nominees on the longlist for the National Book Award for young people’s literature…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has…

By NOAH BERGER and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews moved to ramp up the battle Wednesday against two…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Tarana Burke’s name became synonymous with the #MeToo movement four years ago, when allegations against…

By YVES-LAURENT GOMA Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon’s government says the United Nations is withdrawing 450 Gabonese…

DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Gas has been temporarily turned off at an apartment complex in Georgia where a building exploded last weekend and partially…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys are asking a judge to dismiss a new manslaughter charge against the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who…

MARION, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana woman convicted last month in the 2019 strangulation death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter has been…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After humble beginnings as a pushcart operation by an Oregon town’s railroad tracks,…

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — Investigators are reviewing bridge and highway cameras as they try to figure out who killed four Minnesota residents whose…

By COLLEEN LONG and ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press Religious objections were once used only sparingly around the country to get exempted from…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government advisers will debate Friday if there’s enough proof…

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed…

By GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Candid, a leading philanthropy research organization, told The Associated Press that it…

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan in August has given birth to a baby girl. A Facebook post by…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan minister in charge of prisons has resigned following a public…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A group of 44 evacuees from Afghanistan have arrived in North Macedonia to receive temporary shelter, as part of an…