Month: August 2024

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court has revived Tesla’s federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has recovered three ancient artifacts after they were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands.…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Florida say the execution of a man with Parkinson’s…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police in the suburbs of New York City made the first arrest under a new local law banning face masks, officials…

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister has announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials say a southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy…

Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a Montana cancer doctor for years saw up to 70 patients per day,…

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Crichton, who wrote the screenplay for what became the pilot episode of “ER,” has…

Associated Press For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a…

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named the ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s…

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says Kentucky is likely violating federal law for failing to provide…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been convicted in Los Angeles of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from clients,…

Associated Press Republicans have turned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic…

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot…

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento. The plan had…

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA rover on Mars is tackling a new challenge and climbing to the rim of a crater. The rover called…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors in the sexual assault trial of a former youth detention center worker have heard from the man’s…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say four people have been charged with breaking into a series of gun stores across Maryland and stealing several dozen…

Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Opponents of a plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to build golf courses, hotels, pickleball courts and other…

AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent…

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal regulators say inadequate inspections and a lack of oversight are partly to blame for the crash…

Associated Press Dolly Parton’s father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military has rescued its eighth hostage from Gaza, a 52-year-old man found in an underground room…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee is starting a new push by Republicans in the state to ban transgender women from…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rapper Lil Baby was arrested in Las Vegas after police accused him of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The…

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, still on maternity leave and still unsure when she would play elite tennis again, Naomi Osaka visited…

Associated Press VALLEY PARK, Mo. (AP) — A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri. The male eagle was found…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top Middle East adviser on Tuesday held talks in Doha with senior Qatari leaders on the…