Month: February 2024

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York City, its schools and public hospital system are suing the tech giants that run Facebook, Instagram,…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge warned attorneys she will not consider any other motions as the court prepares for the involuntary…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A longshot bid to temporarily double a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for most…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With this year’s Super Bowl being played in Las Vegas, the nation’s gambling…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The president of MIT has suspended a student group that has held demonstrations against…

A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary. The drop in January reflects how the…

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says that Russia would prefer to see President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has urged the U.S. Supreme…

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say four students have been shot and wounded outside an Atlanta high school. Shortly after dismissal Wednesday afternoon,…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Both a Minnesota man testing a snowmobile for his employer and the company have been…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Internet networking pioneer Cisco Systems is jettisoning more than 4,000 employees.…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced that Palestinians living in the U.S. will be shielded from…

By RICHA KARMARKAR, Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) — At a Sunday morning service on Sunday (Feb. 4), a priest gave a sermon, a choir sang…

By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden avoided criminal charges around his handling of…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges targeted by threats have more than doubled over the last three years amid a…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps are designed with addictive features that encourage compulsive use.…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas hospital official says a large aquarium in the lobby of an emergency room likely saved…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a New York City man who admitted to smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants through a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, said they will declare a state of emergency Wednesday evening…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives building and galleries were evacuated after two protestors dumped powder…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received over 64,000 romance scams reports that…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government has announced that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press The New York City Ballet’s principal dancer Tiler Peck has choreographed her first ballet, “Concerto for…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-led House of Delegates has overwhelmingly passed legislation to…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A fiery debate over public health and personal rights has gripped Puerto Rico as legislators clash with medical…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man convicted for a 2015 killing in western New York has been freed and his indictment has been dismissed, solely because…

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — A massive landslide on a coastal bluff has left a Southern California mansion on the edge of a cliff. But authorities…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A shooter’s motive for opening fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Real estate data firm CoStar Group is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula killed one backcountry skier and injured two…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A lawmaker has resumed his push to limit a Kentucky governor’s pardon powers.…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for David Hosier, who is on death row for killing a Jefferson City…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova says it…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three people and four firms — across Iran, the United Arab…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal lawsuit claims inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors in the murder trial of a former…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The signs are all around downtown Indianapolis now. NBA All-Star weekend has finally arrived.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police inspector has been acquitted of assault in the use of a baton during an encounter with a protester…