Month: September 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a dozen children, including a 1-year-old, have overdosed on fentanyl since June in Portland, Oregon, its police bureau…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Just days after being elected the new leader of Greece’s left-wing main opposition party, Stefanos Kasselakis will be…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man formerly known as a powerful Michigan lawmaker is going to federal prison for nearly five years. Rick Johnson…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fall vaccination season is in full swing, with health officials urging both an updated…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The premier of Bermuda says the government is slowly restoring operations after being hit by a “very…

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s high-speed passenger train service has suffered its first fatality on its new extension to Orlando. St.…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona and Utah will keep the iconic national parks in those states open if a shutdown of the…

ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect has been taken into custody after shooting and wounding a man at a protest in Española where…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has ruled in favor of two descendants of…

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested in a shooting that wounded one person at a Memphis concert headlined by…

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A judge has dismissed state officials from a lawsuit related to past lead contamination in a small southwestern…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed Republican legislation that would…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The complexities of abortion-related politics in the post-Roe v. Wade era are continuing…

COLLEEN SLEVIN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado city has reached a $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay a civil trial in a lawsuit brought…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker against a…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors promoting steroids and other bodybuilding…

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press The National Transportation Safety Board says a small jet in a crash that killed four people in 2021 was going…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new report says the small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has struck down a major state government budget bill. That means…

BOSTON (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to arranging hundreds of sham marriages in an effort to circumvent immigration laws. That is…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA has hired Albert Sanders Jr. as its new head of referee operations. He’s a Google executive and…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company says a bank recently shut…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking America’s colleges to step up their efforts to make…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Teddy Swims, the eclectic soulful singer who gained popularity with his YouTube covers,…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese police say that a food delivery driver who opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in…

By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin…

CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines is making changes for passengers with wheelchairs after a government investigation into a complaint by a…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — There was no mention of the conflict in Ukraine during the elaborate opening…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With calls for his resignation increasing, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is expected on…