Month: February 2024

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the federal government’s…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A  family trip to a Florida beach turned tragic when a 5-year-old Indiana girl…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The 88-year-old mother of Connecticut mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos has testified at a murder conspiracy trial that…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor has rolled out legislation she says will prevent dangerous people…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands have rallied in dozens of cities and towns across Slovakia to mark the sixth anniversary of the slayings of…

By FRANK BAJAK and DAKE KANG Associated Press Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee free-market nonprofit group has joined the ranks of groups challenging a…

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing says the head of its 737 jetliner program is leaving the company immediately, paving the way for the aircraft maker to…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials acknowledged at their most recent meeting in January that…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First, there were trackers on Taylor Swift and other celebrities’ private jet usage. Now,…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Owasso, Oklahoma, are investigating the death of a 16-year-old student who died…

By PAMELA HASSELL Associated Press The orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden this year is a whimsical mix of fashion and flower creations.…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N’s top representative in Ukraine says the U.N.’s humanitarian appeal to meet needs…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week pleaded not guilty after becoming…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are seeking to change state law to say that officers don’t have to arrest people…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A leading manufacturer of ghost guns has agreed to stop selling its untraceable, unassembled…

MOSCOW (AP) — A liberal Russian politician has lost another appeal against election officials’ decision to bar him from running in next month’s…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Federal investigators say the city of Pittsburgh did not adequately maintain or repair a bridge, leading to the…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a…

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Officials say an illegally operated open-pit gold mine has collapsed in central Venezuela while dozens of people were…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press Police in Mesquite, Texas, say a student who carried a gun to school had intended to harm other people before police…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman who posted photos on Instagram that appear to show her 5-year-old daughter helping her apply wax to adult…

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden is spotlighting his efforts to cancel billions of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has described former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, at the start of…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation that would define who is considered female and…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — European diplomats in Belarus have condemned the trial of a Catholic activist in Minsk…

MARION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa school board has resolved a lawsuit over a now-rescinded district policy that let students request a gender support…

By MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Whales sing loud enough that the sound travels through the ocean. But how they do that has been a…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press The financially struggling Metropolitan Opera will present 18 productions in 2024-25, matching the current season and…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Love can blossom in the strangest of places, even in a post-apocalyptic world where…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new entry in the “Avatar” franchise is about to soar and James Cameron has no part in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel says it has found evidence of…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — James Biden has arrived for a private interview on Capitol Hill as part of House…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated press ROME (AP) — One of the first women who accused a once-exalted Jesuit artist of spiritual, psychological and…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the…

LONDON (AP) — Futuristic London landmark the BT Tower is to become a hotel. Owner BT Group PLC said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell the tower…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Beyond Meat is revamping its signature plant-based burger, hoping that healthier ingredients will help it boost…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in…

NEW YORK (AP) — The new book from bestselling author Alice Paul Tapper, daughter of CNN anchor Jake Tapper, was inspired by a near-fatal health…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German government says Europe’s largest economy is in “troubled waters.”…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has decided to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus amid growing tensions with its eastern…

By MORGAN LEE Associate Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico want more accountability for the 2021 death of a cinematographer who…