Month: July 2022

By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded at Hoover Dam, producing a thick cloud of black…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Individual health insurance rates are going up across the country. The coronavirus…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is dropping out of the crowded…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s attorney general has asked a court to stay a ruling that struck down a…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have called their first witness to the stand and have begun building their…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music Awards is heading to Texas next year as they continue their live-streaming partnership with…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the…

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A settlement between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and journalist…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A female lion was fatally injured while being introduced to a newly acquired male companion at the Birmingham Zoo in…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawsuit against the British government says officials at the U.K.’s Foreign Office had…

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Champion runner Caster Semenya heads into this year’s world championships…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who value…

By EMILY ROSE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister has made an unannounced visit to the border with Lebanon. Yair Lapid…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, have met again, this time at the…

By SEUNG MIN KIM, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday…

MADRID (AP) — A new law in Spain requiring an explicit expression of consent in sexual relations won’t take effect just yet after the country’s…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to propose energy cuts and savings as the 27-nation bloc expects Russian…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The capture of fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was hailed by U.S. authorities as an…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Reporter Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal trial has been delayed for an Arkansas man who was photographed with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy…

LONDON (AP) — British officials have bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former lottery computer technician convicted in a scheme to rig computers to win jackpots for himself, friends and family…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lawmakers in Hungary have passed a resolution that calls for curbing the power of the…