Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of…
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Coach who lost his job for praying on field kneels again in first game after years of legal battles
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — An assistant high school football coach in Washington state who lost his job during a…
Continue ReadingSmugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents ordered the young Senegalese men to wait in…
Continue ReadingTa’Kiya Young’s family urges officer’s arrest after video shows him killing the pregnant Black woman
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a…
Continue ReadingNo power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia
By REBECCA BLACKWELL and LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The worst of Hurricane Idalia left residents of a region of…
Continue ReadingIn final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee
By JEFF MARTIN and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had…
Continue ReadingTexas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can’t meet that standard
By PAUL J. WEBER, ACACIA CORONADO and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A vision of armed officers at every school in Texas is…
Continue ReadingUS vice chair of Armed Services Committee promises ‘resolute reaction’ if Taiwan is attacked
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A United States congressional delegation visiting Taiwan says Washington would act if the…
Continue ReadingAfter outrage over Taylor Swift tickets, reform has been slow across the US
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When thousands of fans couldn’t get tickets for megastar Taylor Swift’s summer…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan’s female cricketers plead with sport’s world governing body: help us play again
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan…
Continue ReadingUS employers added a solid 187,000 jobs in August in sign of a still-resilient labor market
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence…
Continue ReadingAustralian consumer watchdog calls for record fine against Qantas over canceled flights
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s consumer watchdog has called for Qantas Airways to be punished with a…
Continue ReadingMaui fire missing list falls slightly to 385. Governor had indicated it would be below 100
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on…
Continue ReadingTrump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific…
Continue ReadingESPN networks go dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems on busy night for sports
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN is among a number of Disney Entertainment channels that have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems. The…
Continue Reading2nd man charged in July shooting at massive Indiana block party that killed 1, injured 17
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor has charged the second man arrested in a July shooting at a massive block party in central Indiana that left one…
Continue ReadingMexico City’s old airport told to cut flights by 17%, leading airlines to warn of mass cancellations
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has ordered Mexico City’s old airport to cut flights by 17%, sparking warnings by airlines of possible…
Continue ReadingHong Kong, other parts of south China grind to near standstill as powerful Typhoon Saola approaches
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China have ground to a near standstill as powerful…
Continue ReadingOpening statements begin in website founder’s 2nd trial over ads promoting prostitution
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the classified site Backpage.com and four employees carefully strategized how to bring…
Continue ReadingNick Carter of Backstreet Boys facing civil lawsuits in Vegas alleging sexual assault decades ago
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed…
Continue ReadingThree found dead at remote Rocky Mountain campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister says
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and…
Continue ReadingTexas authorities say 2 people including shooter dead outside shopping center in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A shooting outside a large shopping center in Texas has killed one person and left another victim with critical injuries.…
Continue Reading‘Walking Dead’ spinoffs, ‘Interview With the Vampire’ can resume with actors’ union approval
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pair of spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With…
Continue ReadingMS-13 gang member pleads guilty in 2016 slaying of two teenage girls on New York street
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A member of the violent MS-13 street gang pleaded guilty Thursday for his part in the murders of four people, including…
Continue ReadingProsecutor asks Indiana State Police to investigate dog deaths in uncooled rear of truck
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked Indiana State Police to investigate the recent deaths of at least eight dogs from heat-related…
Continue Reading14-year-old accused of trying to drown Black youth in pond charged with attempted murder
CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — A 14-year-old white boy has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and assault in Massachusetts after investigators say…
Continue ReadingAlaska board of education votes to ban transgender girls from competing on high school girls teams
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska state board of education voted Thursday to support banning transgender girls…
Continue ReadingMississippi candidate for attorney general says the state isn’t doing enough to protect workers
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A candidate for Mississippi attorney general says that elected…
Continue ReadingA look inside Donald Trump’s deposition: Defiance, deflection and the ‘hottest brand in the world’
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In newly public testimony, Donald Trump boasts about building a multibillion-dollar brand and…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks changes in teacher evaluations prompted by Texas’ takeover of Houston school district
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has granted a request by a teachers union in Texas’ largest school district to…
Continue ReadingESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ is facing changes and increased competition from Fox
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer “College GameDay” has continued its reign as the preeminent Saturday college football pregame show. But the ESPN…
Continue ReadingTexas guardsman suspended after wounding man in cross-border shooting, Mexico says
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Mexico’s president says a Texas National Guard soldier has been suspended after he shot and wounded a man on the other side…
Continue ReadingAuto workers leader slams companies for slow bargaining, files labor complaint with government
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it has filed unfair labor practice complaints against Stellantis…
Continue ReadingUS regulators might change how they classify marijuana. Here’s what that would mean
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The news lit up the world of weed: U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal…
Continue ReadingRule allowing rail shipments of LNG will be put on hold to allow more study of safety concerns
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia college files for bankruptcy a month after announcing intentions to close
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A small, private university in West Virginia has declared bankruptcy. The move to file for…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required…
Continue ReadingAudio reveals 911 caller in University of North Carolina shooting immediately identified a suspect
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 911 recording indicates police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, quickly received the…
Continue ReadingActivists prepare for yearlong battle over Nebraska private school funding law
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Activists are declaring a victory this week as they fight a Republican-backed law allowing…
Continue ReadingHurricane, shooting test DeSantis leadership as he trades the campaign trail for crisis management
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press First a shooting, then a storm. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a one-two punch testing his…
Continue ReadingMan escapes mental hospital in Oregon while fully shackled and drives away
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man newly transferred to Oregon’s psychiatric hospital managed to escape while fully…
Continue ReadingDelta Air Lines says it has protected its planes against interference from 5G wireless signals
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it has upgraded its entire fleet to protect the planes against radio interference from wireless signals. The…
Continue ReadingMexico’s broad opposition coalition announces Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will run for presidency in 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024…
Continue ReadingKansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says
By JOHN HANNA and JOSH FUNK Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge says Kansas officials are no longer required to change transgender…
Continue ReadingUS hits North Korean and Russian accused of supporting North Korea’s ballistics missile program
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In response to North Korea’s failed launch of a spy satellite last week, the U.S. has…
Continue ReadingNew York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may notice an…
Continue ReadingFBI updates photo of University of Wisconsin bomber wanted for 53 years
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 50 years after a Vietnam War-era bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus that…
Continue ReadingOne dead, at least two injured in stabbings at jail in Atlanta that is under federal investigation
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said one person died and at least two others were injured when they were stabbed Thursday at a violent and…
Continue ReadingSenate GOP leader Mitch McConnell can continue with his work schedule, congressional physician says
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The attending physician to Congress said Thursday that he had cleared…
Continue ReadingAlabama lawmaker resigns and agrees to plead guilty to voter fraud
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator has resigned and is agreeing to plead guilty to a felony voter fraud…
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