Month: July 2023

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former head of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has been found guilty of federal fraud charges. Harlan Kelly is…

By KEN RITTER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida woman has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for attacking police officers during the insurrection at the…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The General Services Administration has announced changes in criteria for choosing a location…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a reversal that marks a significant victory for conservationists, federal officials have…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brazil is urging a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Central America is experiencing a wave of unrest that is remarkable even for a region whose…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The publisher of The Charlotte Observer for over two decades has died. Rolfe Neill was a longtime newspaperman and editor…

By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas police officer Friday on all counts of stealing nearly $165,000…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen state attorneys general – all Republicans – sent a…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brittney Griner didn’t know what to expect when the WNBA season began and how she would…

By ALBERT STUMM Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Desperate times may call for desperate measures. But shelling out $150 for a bottle of hot…

By GARY FIELDS, CLAIRE SAVAGE and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for two men charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The second of two firefighters who were fatally injured while battling a massive fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday temporarily paused a lower court’s order limiting executive…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press AMBLER, Pa. (AP) — Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president plowed ahead with attacks against the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections despite a…

By The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a Nebraska man who was fatally shot by police and suspected in the killing of another man had…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Wildlife officials say a black bear attacked a sheepherder in the mountains of southwestern…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — There’s no better way to escape the intense heatwave in Tunisia than to head inside…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The very online showdown between Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” all started…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2%…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top Pakistani provincial  official says rescuers in boats have evacuated 14,000 people over the past several days after…