Month: August 2024

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Legislature is signaling that it could cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a…

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion. Yes, she’s been ranked No. 1 in doubles and No. 2 in singles. Yes,…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina-based soldier can live at his parents’ home while charges accusing him in part of lying to military…

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office has cleared 11 officers who played a role in killing a man who was fleeing…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jurors have heard different opinions from experts about the death of a man who was pinned to the floor at a…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A California woman tired of packages being stolen from her post office mailbox mailed herself an Apple AirTag to track…

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA will decide this weekend whether Boeing’s new capsule is safe enough to return two…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Across this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, more than 200 online influencers, streamers and…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian cleaning crew was rappelling in the shadow of one of the world’s most famous sites: Rio de…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A truckload of methamphetamine disguised as a shipment of watermelons has been seized at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in San…

MIAMI (AP) — A Las Vegas couple says they were removed from a plane and arrested at Miami International Airport after other passengers complained…

EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — A 14-year-old Detroit-area girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend have been charged as adults with conspiracy to commit…

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two thieves swiped a ceremonial sword and a bullhorn from the office of St. John’s University Coach Rick…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gun rights activists are vowing to pursue repealing a gun bill signed into law by Democratic Gov.…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed a controversial part of its recent verdict about the minority Ahmadis, apparently yielding…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads are expected to soon start rolling their trains again after the government…

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local official says armed men killed at least 13 farmers in an attack in north-central Nigeria. No group…

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the challenge of deterring America’s adversaries should…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recent polls…

Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under…

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says a state trooper who fatally shot a man at a…

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s rejection of signature petitions in favor putting an…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic cyclist who represented Venezuela over the course of a decade, has died. She was 51.…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections after she says she received a letter from a…

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways…

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man dropped his lawsuit accusing former NBA star Dwight Howard of sexual assault after attorneys for Howard…

AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and…