Month: April 2023

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A transgender Montana lawmaker was silenced for a second day Friday as her Republican…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A major anti-abortion group blasted former President Donald Trump on the issue Thursday,…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Family members of those killed and wounded during a 2018 attack on a Texas high school…

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators on Thursday charged a sixth person with reckless murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a Sweet 16…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A cargo container with gold and other items worth over $20 million Canadian (US$14.8 million) was…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have identified a longtime employee of a New York City parking garage that…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Airport officials in Austin, Texas, say an American Airlines worker has died after being injured on the ramp area just outside…

By TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions. In Kansas City, it was a…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Texas man who agreed to surrender on charges of taking part in the…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will formally announce his 2024 reelection campaign as soon as…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for a vicious and random sword…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the state has paused all prison commutations. The announcement Thursday comes in the wake…

DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways decreased slightly last year, but government officials said the 42,795 people who died…

By The Associated Press Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two top generals has put that nation at risk of collapse and could have…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Presss JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly has voted to advance a bill to protect…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Panelists at a major casino industry conference in Atlantic City say the construction of…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in years defiantly opened Thursay nearly one…

By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they will dismiss an involuntary manslaughter…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland correctional officers say a severe staffing shortage is creating dangerous conditions for…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing is…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three transgender children and their parents have sued Tennessee over a new law that bans…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in northwestern New Mexico after…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a minister known for inflammatory…