Month: January 2024

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Longtime Omaha community activist Preston Love Jr. has announced he is seeking the…

Associated Press Winter weather is causing flight delays and cancellations. Experts have tips on what to do when your itinerary gets scrambled by a…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte — whose administration oversaw a reduction in income taxes and an increase in…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the governor and several state…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s “scared as heck” about the possibility of…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal lawsuit says two teenage girls were kept in isolation cells for weeks in…

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — Four young people have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles as teenagers in an Illinois girl’s…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s new chief executive, Mark Thompson, said in a strategy memo to his staff that the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s anti-corruption authorities say a deputy foreign minister in the previous right-wing government has appeared…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal regulators say a Mississippi poultry plant’s failure to…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A nanny has testified about the frantic time in 2019 when a Connecticut mother of five went missing and her efforts…

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Former ESPN sportscaster Cordell Patrick was ejected from an RV crash onto a busy Southern California freeway this…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s president has fired the country’s chief prosecutor for failing to properly fulfill his duties.…

By DAVID SHARP and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine judge has paused an election official’s decision on former…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Supreme Court justice has ended her lawsuit against an ethics…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed an order requiring Texas to move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The British military says that a ship came has come under attack in the Gulf of Aden, likely from a bomb-carrying drone launched…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who was freed last year after nearly 25 years in prison for the death of his wife is suing a former medical…

By JAMES POLLARD and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House is set to debate a bill restricting medical…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan was angered and shocked after Iran fired missiles into its territory to attack an outlawed separatist group in a remote…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Givenchy’s intimate menswear show at their historic atelier paid tribute to the house’s…

By GENE PUSKAR and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Demolition is underway at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which was…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has declined to dismiss the case against a U.S. Marine veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will not sign a proposed ban on tackle football for…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to lift the immunity of a far-right colleague who used a fire extinguisher to put out…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city has come up with an out-of-this-world campaign to promote tourism. The Lexington Convention and Visitors…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Smartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds CES in Las Vegas gives us a glimpse of where automakers believe vehicles are headed in the future. Here are the most…

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan says he will not run for an eighth term in his solidly Republican South Carolina district.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” takes a heavyweight work of historical and sociological inquiry and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country’s 114,000…

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening top congressional leaders at the White House…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2024 Grammy Awards are fast approaching — and it is never too early to plan your viewing…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of the helmet that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shattered during…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A nearly $1 billion upgrade of the airport in Omaha, Nebraska, will include a new glass-domed entrance, larger boarding gates…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey youth detention center let a “culture of abuse” in which staff sexually…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon as part of a Biden…