Month: January 2023

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of raping her…

By DAVID PHILLIP and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A powerful storm system took aim at the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, spawning a…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are drafting a sweeping ban on most semiautomatic firearms. If…

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The first-grade teacher from Virginia who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press The nominations to the 95th Academy Awards are now out. But where can you watch the heavy hitters? Replete with…

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the Democratic congressional leaders at the…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System officials say they will prohibit the use of TikTok on system devices. System spokesman Mark…

LONDON (AP) — A family statement says two British volunteers who had been reported missing in eastern Ukraine have been killed. Andrew Bagshaw, 48,…

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Library Association has received a $5.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that it will use in part to counter…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s highest criminal appeals court has agreed to slow the pace of executions at…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A FirstEnergy Corp. executive says an arm of the utility was “bleeding cash” as it…

SINCLAIR, Wyo. (AP) — A series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed five people and seriously injured others in…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press A series of rampages across the U.S. in the first weeks of 2023 have Americans again asking what can be done. In…

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge says she won’t compel Scottsdale to resume an arrangement that allowed residents of a neighboring community to…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan All-America running back Blake Corum reported his car stolen earlier this month in Ann Arbor. Police records show…

MADRID (AP) — A German man accused of organized crime activities while allegedly leading the Mallorca chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One of Mardi Gras’ signature carnival krewes will be led this year by actor and comedian Adam Devine. Devine, of Waterloo,…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and eight states have filed an antitrust…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state’s Republican attorney general, say the state will prosecute pharmacists…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will be allowed to stand until a hearing before the state…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gynecologist who molested some of his patients during a decadeslong career has been…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the specter of nuclear weapon use, Earth crept its…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says in a letter to congressional leaders that she’s…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence ‘s…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general says an employee of the U.N. agency has…