Month: February 2024

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican-backed measure to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says the man accused of killing a Tennessee deputy and wounding another during a traffic stop has been taken into…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Court documents show that criminal charges connected to a domestic violence case against…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by…

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the latest state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is ending his Republican campaign for an open…

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A police officer serving a trespass warning has been fatally shot in northern Wyoming. Sgt. Nevada Krinkee died at a hospital…

PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group is challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual. It’s the third lawsuit filed within the last…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have honored the official charged with maintaining order in the House during two of the chamber’s most tumultuous…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the…

NEW YORK (AP) — At least six major technology companies are planning to sign an agreement this week that would guide how they try to put a stop to…

CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say three sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina have been arrested after they reported a dead body in what…

By AUDREY MCAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The death toll from the Lahaina wildfire rose to 101 on Tuesday after Maui police confirmed the…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders of Mississippi University for Women are making a new proposal to to shed the…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former NBA player Bryn Forbes has been arrested on a family violence charge. Bexar County arrest records show Forbes was jailed…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have made no arrests but say they believe there were three shooters in a…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A recent death has brought new attention to the so-called Alaskapox virus. The bug belongs to a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to allow anyone who can legally own a gun in South Carolina to carry their…

By The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Hasouna was staying with a friend when heard about the Israeli airstrikes near the house…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a man who fatally stabbed a police officer in southern New Mexico had a record of violent crime…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Two people with knowledge of the agreement say ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed to a…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history now has the power to compel witnesses to…

By PHILIP MARCELO and ANNIE MA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four years after the coronavirus pandemic first sent students and teachers into…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. government audit has found that after two devastating hurricanes and a string…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia legislation that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to be released from Walter Reed…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans tried to expel her from the state House,…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has unveiled sweeping legislation that’s meant to…

By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in the Pacific Northwest…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke is the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago isn’t renewing its ShotSpotter contract and will stop…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s comments calling into question the U.S. commitment to defend its NATO allies from…

Two climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley has made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaving it on the field seemed to be the M.O. for everyone who got the chance to return to…