Month: April 2024

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former top utility regulator awaiting…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Oregon lottery officials say the winner of the eighth-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history won’t be announced for…

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi businessmen have been cleared of all charges in a case where they were accused of fraudulently receiving…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A top lawmaker says he expects the audit report on the $19,000 lectern purchased for…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have cleared a significant…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new…

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 landed safely in Idaho after experiencing an in-flight emergency Tuesday when pilots received a…

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER, HALELUYA HADERO and SHAWN CHEN Associated Press Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The California homeless charity that received $53 million over the years from investors who wanted a private lunch with…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The mother of an autistic boy shown being hit and punched by a school bus aide released a copy of…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld California’s authority to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe. Mattel has unveiled a double-sided board that features both the…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer South Carolina’s 87-75 victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the women’s NCAA championship game averaged 18.9…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland senator says a third channel will open this month at Baltimore’s port after the…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines is now legally barred…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson will delay sending the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…

By TARA COPP and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has greenlighted an emergency $138 million in foreign military…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Simon will sing for guests at Wednesday’s White House state dinner for Japan.…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian prosecutors say they will call former President Álvaro Uribe to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery of…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s parliament has agreed to consider a proposal that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant acted in self-defense when a teenager accused the two-time NBA All-Star of punching him during a pickup game at the…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge is ordering a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” who admitted to robbing multiple banks…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is accusing…

By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gun shots over 41 seconds…

By The Associated Press The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex – a setback for transgender…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida mother has been sentenced to a month in prison and three months of home confinement…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Movie theater owners who gathered in Las Vegas this week for the annual CinemaCon convention and…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government says the country’s former oil minister has been arrested on allegations of corruption. The…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The new film “Civil War” is an ominous attempt to turn widely held American anxieties into a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has released security camera video of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy,…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona Supreme Court decision that will end virtually all abortions in the state puts the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Luke Combs leads the nominees for the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to his name, it was…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over…

By PATRICK WHITTLE and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New…

Jacques Billeaud Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law…

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti’s capital, forcing aid…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The basketball world can’t get enough of Caitlin Clark and now that the college season is…