Month: April 2024

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would empower…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier,…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers have approved a plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but antiquated…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — FIFA says it will consider changes to its policy that blocks league matches from being played in…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Tesla has settled lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terry Tang has been formally named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times after leading its newsroom since January on an…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday he plans to meet with members of Congress this week to…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Senate on Monday unanimously signed off on legislation…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — South Carolina’s victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday’s women’s NCAA championship game had a preliminary…

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer who punched a young Black man in the face and slammed his head to the ground has pleaded…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The former chief financial officer for Atlanta has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the city for…

FROSTPROOF, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff says the University of Florida pre-med student charged in the weekend stabbing death of his mother had no history…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Pregame festivities for the Guardians’ home opener were ceremonial and celestial. The first…

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit landlord has agreed to pay $190,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment against women who…

BONIFAY, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says a woman who said she was going on a God-directed shooting spree because of the solar eclipse…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — While world leaders have expressed shock over Ecuadorian President…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking another shot at student loan cancellation, hoping to deliver…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has revived the Palestinian Authority’s hopes of…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Court documents say a man charged with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had been…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is having a moment. Attendance and TV ratings…

By HOLLY MEYER and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years…

NEW YORK (AP) — A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Politicians and news outlets have expressed outrage over the expulsion of a…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to move his hush…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his border…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Transgender Catholics — as well as a priest who welcomes them to his parish — expressed disappointment Monday…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Eilish announced that her highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans R&B singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry has died at age 87. In 1956, he recorded “Ain’t Got No Home,”…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say three people died Monday in a shooting inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with relatives of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7. The audience Monday marked the six-month anniversary…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell’s only job uncertainty hinged on whether…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A lucky ticket-buyer in Oregon has won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot, which was the eighth-largest lottery prize…

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — Protesters in southern Mexico have set the state government building afire and torched vehicles in the parking lot. The…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced a policy that allows only athletes whose…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An appellate court has granted Disney’s request for a two-month pause in its federal…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Kevin Costner’s multi-episode epic “Horizon, An American Saga” will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is blasting Republicans’ effort to hold Attorney General Merrick…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has accused the United States of giving Israel…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer died and six other officers were wounded in a grenade attack at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan,…

The Associated Press MOORELAND, Okla. (AP) — Two Oklahoma volunteer firefighters are recovering after suffering burns battling a weekend wildfire…