Month: April 2024

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging electrical substations in Oregon in…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York City fireboat…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury wants to enhance the power of a little-known, secretive government committee to…

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Elon Musk is clashing with a bald, athletically built Supreme Court…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will increase what have been among the lowest benefits in the U.S. for workers who are…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Children age 4 and under in Florida were undercounted by almost 10% during the 2020 census.…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Long before the Bronco chase gripped a national television audience and the “Trial of the Century”…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn’t sit well with Republican former Gov. Doug Ducey. Yet he was the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The man once known as Alabama’s longest-serving sheriff has been granted parole and is due to be released soon from…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has mocked a planned round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought the “Trial of the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill to restore of voting rights of those convicted of…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to reduce the size of the state’s deficit. The state…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, stole…

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have launched…

By KEN RITTER and LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — For a long time, O.J. Simpson was the man who had it all. He lived the American…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Officials say two gun parts manufacturers have agreed to halt sales of their products Philadelphia and elsewhere…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A marine mammal rescue group says a dead humpback whale that has washed ashore on…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Attorneys defending the state of New Hampshire have begun highlighting the past misdeeds of…

DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say the driver of a Ford electric SUV involved in a February fatal crash in Texas was using the company’s…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former basketball star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has scored a victory as an advocate for a…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has announced a new website with information about federal, state and local resources and programs…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Debate over a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Two doctors are in favor of releasing a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With reports and rumors swirling about possible mergers and bids to acquire Paramount, the film…

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A 54-year-old Minnesota man has been convicted in the slaying of a 17-year-old high school student and stabbing of four other…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A subsidiary of Japanese-based Fujifilm Corp. plans to expand further a massive…

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say an 8-year-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose and not from an allergic reaction last month. The…

By BEN FINLEY NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia say that a criminal investigation into staff members at a school where a 6-year-old…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a region that borders Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive…

By STEPHANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has been charged…

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who was released early from a Texas prison in 1993 and now faces two new…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press Officials say a massive missile and drone attack has destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged…