Month: October 2021

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reversal of Trump administration policy, the State Department has disclosed the…

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Navy jet fighter has crashed in Death Valley National Park and authorities say the pilot ejected and…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in…

CHICAGO (AP) — Opponents of a new Texas ban on most abortions have asked a federal judge in Illinois to declare the law unconstitutional. The…

PHOENIX (AP) — Former six-term Sheriff Joe Arpaio is attempting another comeback, this time running for mayor of the affluent Phoenix suburb where…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers say a potential plea deal that would have averted a criminal trial for an associate of…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal appeals court has tossed out California’s ban on privately owned immigration…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he will rescind an executive order involving COVID-19 vaccines by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced his picks to head the National Endowments for the Humanities and the Arts, tapping a Harvard…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s reputation as a destination for the wealthy to store billions of dollars in trust funds has long had the…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A national sorority has suspended activities at a North Carolina university after most of its members left the group when it…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A former Facebook data scientist testified before Congress that the social network’s products…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press A top committee of the Southern Baptist Convention has agreed to open up legally protected records to investigators…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady wins in the television ratings, too. The Tampa Bay quarterback’s return to his old…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officials are recommending that Tootsie Roll Industries pay more than $136,000 in fines after…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman who called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home is being…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Work has halted at all of the Kellogg Company’s U.S. cereal plants as roughly 1,400 workers went…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An executive who lied to regulators about two South Carolina nuclear plants that never…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon has found a member of the far-right group the Proud Boys guilty of assault, menacing and unlawful use of a…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration says the coronavirus pandemic and the difficulty of reversing Trump…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal agent shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona is being remembered as a…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Israel’s president is in Ukraine to honor the victims of the Babi Yar massacre eight…

CAIRO (AP) — Libyan lawmakers have voted to reschedule parliament elections, a move likely to increase tensions among Libyan rivals already divided…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Girls Trip” producer Will Packer will produce next year’s Oscars. It’s the first time Packer has been…