Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a…
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Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning…
Continue Reading Demolition company vows repairs after a blast of air during an implosion damaged nearby homes
SPRINGDALE, Pa. (AP) — A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania…
Continue Reading Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general announced Monday she has begun investigating the board of…
Continue Reading Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California convicted of sexual misconduct
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal correctional officer has been convicted of sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in California where…
Continue Reading Lawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. George Santos’ lawyer said Monday the indicted New York Republican would risk going to…
Continue Reading Approval for Idaho phosphate mine reversed after judge rules US didn’t assess prairie bird impact
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land…
Continue Reading Canadian province of Quebec looks for international support to fight wildfires
MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires and federal officials warned…
Continue Reading US House panel investigates ties between US Interior secretary, environmentalists
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources have launched an…
Continue Reading Senegal violence threatens country’s stability as experts call on government to instill calm
By SAM MEDNICK and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal experts have called on the government to instill calm after days of…
Continue Reading Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance to challenge extradition from Peru to US, lawyer says
By MAURICIO MUÑOZ Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The lawyer for the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student…
Continue Reading Commission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas…
Continue Reading California insurance market rattled by withdrawal of major companies
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California’s home insurance…
Continue Reading One year after their killing, loved ones pay tribute to duo slain in Amazon rainforest
DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A year after the killing of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous…
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A Black mother of 4 was shot and killed by a neighbor. Her family wants the woman who shot her arrested
By Mitchell McCluskey and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A mother of four was shot and killed in Florida following a longtime feud with a…
Continue Reading 2nd plane carrying more than a dozen migrants lands in California capital
By Isabel Rosales and Jacqueline Hurtado, CNN (CNN) — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of…
Continue Reading See Apple’s pivotal product announcements through history
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular…
Continue Reading Hoskin wins another 4-year term as chief of Cherokee Nation, country’s most populous tribe
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Cherokee Nation’s Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. has won reelection to another…
Continue Reading House Republicans ready contempt vote against FBI director Wray over Biden document
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight chairman says he plans to move forward with holding FBI Director…
Continue Reading Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution on Tuesday
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two…
Continue Reading Mississippi’s capital only collects 56% of fees from its struggling water system
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s capital collects only a little more than half of the…
Continue Reading Chinese ex-official’s wife says alleged repatriation pressure turned her life in US ‘upside-down’
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of a former Chinese official has told a U.S. court about finding an ominous note on the…
Continue Reading Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher will plead guilty to federal felony charges in deal with prosecutors
By Laura Ly, Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to school and shot his first-grade…
Continue Reading CNN chief apologizes to employees for distracting from work
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive of CNN, apologized to network employees on Monday for…
Continue Reading Alleged ‘mastermind’ named in deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira
By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — Two more suspects have been named in the alleged murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous…
Continue Reading Dozens evacuated from small cruise ship in Alaska after engine room fire
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fire in the engine room of a small cruise ship in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve has prompted the…
Continue Reading Biden says Chiefs ‘building a dynasty’ as he hosts Kansas City Super Bowl champs at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said the Kansas City Chiefs are “building a dynasty” as he hosted the team at the White House Monday…
Continue Reading ‘Stop Cop City’ activists pack Atlanta City Hall ahead of crucial vote
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of activists gathered to speak Monday at Atlanta’s City Hall ahead of a council vote over…
Continue Reading Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly…
Continue Reading Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane crash, expert says
By DENISE LAVOIE and BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an…
Continue Reading Anna Shay, fan favorite on ‘Bling Empire,’ dead at 62
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Shay, an heiress, philanthropist and breakout star of the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire,” has died at 62. Shay…
Continue Reading Ex-part owner of Minnesota Vikings gets over six years in cryptocurrency scam
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Minnesota Vikings part owner who defrauded a short-lived professional football league while carrying out a $700 million…
Continue Reading NY state trooper charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting after high-speed chase in 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state trooper has been charged with manslaughter for shooting an unarmed motorist to death after he refused to get…
Continue Reading Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to…
Continue Reading Mysterious species buried their dead and carved symbols 100,000 years before humans
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and…
Continue Reading Nearly 80 students, mostly girls, are poisoned in Afghanistan, say officials
By Masoud Popalzai, Ehsan Popalzai and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been…
Continue Reading Wisconsin judge: Don’t delete records from probe into 2020 Trump loss
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are…
Continue Reading Young, wild and free: Wolverine spotted in California for only second time in last 100 years
BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s…
Continue Reading Agenda spat at UN climate talks as top official sees chance to ask ‘difficult questions’ in Dubai
BERLIN (AP) — Nations have resumed talks on tackling global warming with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a…
Continue Reading ‘Cheers’ bar sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction of items from classic TV shows
DALLAS (AP) — The bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 at auction over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the…
Continue Reading More than 90% of the Peach State’s peaches were lost this year after extreme winter weather
By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a…
Continue Reading The skeletal remains of a child who died over 100 years ago were discovered during construction of a house in Virginia
By Caroll Alvarado and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A contractor discovered skeletal remains while working on a new home in Fishersville, Virginia,…
Continue Reading Major Rail Accidents Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about major rail accidents since 1900. Notable International Rail Accidents…
Continue Reading Small-brained ancient human cousins may have buried their dead, according to a surprising study
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls,…
Continue Reading Mississippi harms free speech by requiring state permits before protests, lawsuit says
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people…
Continue Reading Sonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A…
Continue Reading Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand…
Continue Reading Kentucky pauses incentives for battery maker whose federal loan was nixed after claims of China ties
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kentucky officials say they won’t begin paying $21 million in economic…
Continue Reading New Hampshire Gov. Sununu rules out 2024 presidential bid, warns that crowded GOP field helps Trump
By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he will not seek the presidency in 2024. The 48-year-old Republican governor,…
Continue Reading Argentine judge dismisses long-running corruption case against vice president
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has become the first major North American freight railroad with deals to…
Continue Reading US sanctions Russian intelligence-linked group over efforts to destabilize pro-Western Moldova
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of people linked to Russian…
Continue Reading The case for a 2023 US recession is crumbling
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Many CEOs, investors and economists had penciled in 2023 as the year when a recession would hit the American…
Continue Reading US Postal Service releases national dog bite rankings
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — California and Texas ranked highest on the United States Postal Service’s annual list of states with the…
Continue Reading Scientists ‘stunned’ by mysterious structures found in the Milky Way
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — An international team of astrophysicists has discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the center of the…
Continue Reading Yahya Abdul-Mateen II earns a Tony Award nomination for ‘Topdog/Underdog’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II first encountered the play “Topdog/Underdog” in college,…
Continue Reading Wildfire on German military training site contaminated with ammunition
BERLIN (AP) — Officials say strong winds have fanned flames at a wildfire on a German military training site that is known to contain large amounts…
Continue Reading Wild blueberry production takes a dip in the face of drought
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The nation’s production of wild blueberries slipped a bit last year as some growers…
Continue Reading Trump lawyers meet with Justice Dept. officials as charging decision nears in Mar-a-Lago case
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday as a decision…
Continue Reading Binance mishandled funds and violated securities laws, according to SEC lawsuit
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao are…
Continue Reading Britain’s Princess Eugenie gives birth to second son
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby boy, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. Eugenie, the niece of King Charles…
Continue Reading Police search for suspects after Sunnyvale, Texas, shooting leaves 1 dead, 4 injured, including children
By Tina Burnside and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police are searching for suspects after a shooting left one person dead and a man and his three…
Continue Reading Virginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path
By SARAH BRUMFIELD and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a…
Continue Reading Hundreds of White women gather at Colorado Capitol after plea from women of color to use their ‘privilege’ to demand action on gun violence
By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of White women gathered at the Colorado Capitol Monday morning, with more expected to show up…
Continue Reading 3 killed in Iowa building collapse; lawsuits say owner didn’t warn residents of danger
By CHARLIE NEIBERGALL, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The bodies of three Iowa men have been…
Continue Reading Too much information? Jason Isbell believes opening your life to fans builds a stronger bond
By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If Jason Isbell is keeping many more secrets, it’s hard to imagine what they might…
Continue Reading Former Vice President Pence files paperwork launching 2024 presidential bid in challenge to Trump
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in…
Continue Reading Prominent figure in German far-right party charged over alleged Nazi slogan
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a prominent figure in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been charged over his alleged use in a 2021…
Continue Reading Search and rescue efforts end at the site of the Iowa apartment building collapse after remains of 3 victims are recovered from the rubble, Davenport officials say
By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The search and rescue operation at a partially collapsed six-story apartment…
Continue Reading Search and rescue efforts end at the site of the Iowa apartment building collapse after remains of 3 victims are recovered from the rubble, Davenport officials say
By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The search and rescue operation at a partially collapsed six-story apartment…
Continue Reading DNA sucked into air filters can reveal what plants and animals are nearby
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — DNA is all around us — even in the air we breathe. Now scientists have found that air…
Continue Reading Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about epochal World War II invasion
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. As veterans…
Continue Reading 2nd plane carrying more than a dozen migrants lands in California capital
By Isabel Rosales and Jacqueline Hurtado, CNN (CNN) — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of…
Continue Reading A man wants to trademark ‘Trump too small’ for T-shirts. Now the Supreme Court will hear the case.
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase…
Continue Reading Casabe, Cuba’s little-known traditional bread, seeks world recognition
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press QUIVICÁN, Cuba (AP) — Cuba is leading a delegation of Caribbean nations, including Dominican Republic,…
Continue Reading Guatemala’s presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador’s leader
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial…
Continue Reading Thousands are living in RVs on Los Angeles’ streets. Leaders want to shrink the number, but the solution is elusive
By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived…
Continue Reading Thousands are living in RVs on Los Angeles’ streets. Leaders want to shrink the number, but the solution is elusive
By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived…
Continue Reading UN nuclear chief, facing Israeli criticism on Iran, says his agency ‘very fair but firm’
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Agency says that the U.N. nuclear watchdog will…
Continue Reading Ukrainian offensive is ‘taking place in several directions,’ says official
By Nathan Hodge, Sebastian Shukla, Olga Voitovych and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian offensive is “taking place in several…
Continue Reading Natalee Holloway case suspect Joran van der Sloot to be transferred to US custody Thursday, Peruvian officials say
By Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway,…
Continue Reading Indonesia, Australia affirm defense ties amid China concerns
By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has met his Indonesian…
Continue Reading The mother of one of four University of Idaho students fatally stabbed last year won’t attend the accused killer’s trial
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mother of one of the four University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed in an off-campus home last…
Continue Reading Memorial for Las Vegas mass shooting takes shape as 5 potential designs revealed
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — County officials in Las Vegas have unveiled five potential designs for a permanent memorial to honor…
Continue Reading Driver gets fined $129,544 after latest speeding episode in Finland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A wealthy driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($129,544) for speeding in Finland, where such penalties are calculated on…
Continue Reading A meerkat died and 9 animals were rescued in a fire at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia
By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Nine zoo animals were rescued, and one is dead after a fire broke out at the Metro Richmond Zoo Sunday night,…
Continue Reading A meerkat died and 9 animals were rescued in a fire at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia
By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Nine zoo animals were rescued, and one is dead after a fire broke out at the Metro Richmond Zoo Sunday night,…
Continue Reading Palestinian boy, 3, dies of injuries days after being shot by Israeli troops
By Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A 3-year-old Palestinian boy died Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, days…
Continue Reading Germany, Indonesia agree to strengthen defense ties
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Germany and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation and plan a…
Continue Reading EU top court says that Poland’s justice reform infringes EU law
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has stepped up its rule-of-law fight with member state Poland on Monday after the…
Continue Reading Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up efforts to fight…
Continue Reading Iran to reopen its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia after a 7-year rift, state-run media say
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesman says his country will reopen its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia this week,…
Continue Reading UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges.…
Continue Reading At Normandy D-Day celebrations, echoes of Ukraine’s looming fight
By TARA COPP Associated Press STE MARE EGLISE, Normandy, France — (AP) — There are no Ukrainian troops present at this year’s…
Continue Reading Palestinian toddler shot by Israeli troops in West Bank dies of wounds
NEBI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — A 2-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week has died of his…
Continue Reading ‘Very last warning’ for 82-year-old German convicted of dealing drugs
BERLIN (AP) — A German court says it is giving an 82-year-old man a “very last warning” to avoid jail after he was found guilty of drug…
Continue Reading OpenAI boss ‘heartened’ by talks with world leaders over will to contain AI risks
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The CEO of OpenAI says he is encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain…
Continue Reading NTSB investigators to wrap up work at scene of Virginia plane crash, with a preliminary report expected in the coming weeks
By Pete Muntean and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators examining the wreckage of a private plane that crashed Sunday in Virginia –…
Continue Reading Part of under-construction bridge collapses in India for 2nd time in a year, no casualties
By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — An Indian state government has ordered a probe into the collapse of a portion of an…
Continue Reading What to stream this week: Janelle Monáe, a Cheetos origin story, Diablo IV and ‘Avatar’
By The Associated Press Albums from Janelle Monáe and Niall Horan, as well as a TV movie about a Frito-Lay janitor who claims to have invented…
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