Month: April 2024

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has fined the campaign fund of former Illinois…

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety…

By JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the…

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Harvey Weinstein is expected back in court next week after the decision by New York’s highest court to overturn…

By JOSH FUNK and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Officials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security spokesman John Kirby. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens.…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The widow of a Mississippi man who was found dead says officers from…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — San Francisco has an unwelcome reputation for car burglaries and visitors are warned not…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Rep. Peter Meijer has withdrawn his name from a U.S. Senate race in Michigan.…

By The Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump —…

By MARCO UGARTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The family and supporters of a missing woman who may have been the Mexico City serial…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers workers are getting more legal protections against employer…

The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Mexican film has won the top prize at the Moscow International Film Festival which took place as major Western…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public…

By ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN Religion News Service (RNS) — One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life. Among his…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham has been remembered by Republicans and…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression…

Associated Press NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — The former medical director of a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children and young adults has been…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have revealed the charges that were filed against an ex-aide of former President…

NEW YORK (AP) — Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million penalty for violating a Federal Trade Commission…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has formally begun planning for a potential…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill to ban the use of confidentiality agreements when negotiating potential laws in…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A shark attack on a British tourist in the southeastern Caribbean prompted the government of Trinidad and Tobago to…

By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall.…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Transit officials say the start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan’s central business district…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has renewed his calls for change. He led a protest Friday…

By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Help is finally on the way for the most critically eroded part of the Jersey Shore.…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Officials say Google plans to invest $2 billion to build a data center in northeastern Indiana to help power its artificial…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that New York can move ahead with a law requiring internet service providers to offer heavily…

SEWARD, Neb. (AP) — A former Nebraska deputy has been jailed after a grand jury indicted him on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge ordered jurors Friday to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore publishing company has filed a class action claim arguing the owner and manager of the massive container ship that…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from…

MADRID (AP) — Thousands of Spanish journalists have come out in support of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife following…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting…

By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte is in Turkey, seeking support from…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of 7…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Army says the military horses that bolted and ran loose when spooked by construction noise…

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For many music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall…