West Virginia’s first ombudsman for state’s heavily burdened foster care system resigns
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The first ombudsman of West Virginia’s heavily burdened foster care system has…
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Medical pot user who lost job after drug test takes case over unemployment to Vermont Supreme Court
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he’d used…
Continue ReadingNew Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6…
Continue ReadingOhio man gets probation after pleading guilty to threatening North Carolina legislator
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to supervised probation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill a North Carolina state…
Continue ReadingRemains found at base of Flagstaff’s Mount Elden identified as man reported missing in 2017
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Human remains found at the base of Mount Elden in Flagstaff nearly five years ago have been identified as a Phoenix man…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey police union calls for ‘real consequences’ for drunk, rowdy teens after boardwalk unrest
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s statewide police union is calling for what it calls “real…
Continue ReadingA fifth grader’s fundraiser cleared his school of meal debt. It named an award for him
By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri fifth grader has won praise and had an award named for him after he raised more than $7,000 to erase school…
Continue ReadingHouse Ethics Committee will investigate Rep. Henry Cuellar after his federal indictment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas after his indictment this…
Continue ReadingMurder trial ordered in Michigan killing that stoked anti-immigrant campaign rhetoric
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of killing his Michigan girlfriend after returning to the U.S. following deportation has been ordered to…
Continue ReadingA 6th house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s Outer Banks
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. National Park Service officials say an unoccupied house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s…
Continue ReadingViolence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico’s election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico held the last day of campaigning Wednesday before Sunday’s nationwide election, but the closing rallies were darkened…
Continue ReadingHungary’s foreign minister visits Belarus despite EU sanctions, talks about expanding ties
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungary’s top diplomat has visited Belarus for talks on expanding ties despite the…
Continue ReadingOn spelling’s saddest day, hyped National Spelling Bee competitors see their hopes dashed
By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — When Achyut Ethiraj’s final appearance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended far…
Continue ReadingHow to tell if your older vehicle has a potentially dangerous Takata air bag under recall
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Despite a long string of recalls that began more than two decades ago, about 6.2 million vehicles with…
Continue ReadingArgentina court postpones the start of a trial in a criminal case involving the death of Maradona
Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A criminal court in Argentina has postponed to Oct. 1 the start of a trial in a criminal negligence…
Continue ReadingMajor leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Buck Leonard. Charlie “Chino” Smith. Turkey Stearnes. Baseball players and fans alike are…
Continue ReadingA nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza…
Continue ReadingTrump’s hush money case has gone to the jury. What happens now?
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two dozen witnesses, 16 days of testimony and hours of lawyers’ closing…
Continue ReadingAlito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former…
Continue ReadingCharges against world’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that…
Continue ReadingNoose used in largest mass execution in US history will be returned to a Dakota tribe in Minnesota
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a…
Continue ReadingCareer and season MLB records that changed following the addition of Negro Leagues statistics
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball said Tuesday that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a…
Continue ReadingYale University names Maurie McInnis as its 24th president
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Yale University has named its 24th president. Maurie McInnis will take over on July 1 and succeed Peter Salovey, who…
Continue ReadingHeat-related monkey deaths are now reported in several Mexican states
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said. The…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina’s Supreme Court will soon have no Black justices
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — All the justices on South Carolina’s Supreme Court are going to be white for the first…
Continue ReadingResearchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Thanks to heavy use of nitrogen fertilizer, tiny organisms that flourish in farm fields emit nitrous oxide, a…
Continue ReadingBlack men who were asked to leave a flight sue American Airlines, claiming racial discrimination
NEW YORK (AP) — Three Black men are suing American Airlines, claiming they were discriminated against when ordered to leave a plane in January. The…
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The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump’s criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of jury deliberations in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial has concluded after the panel sent two notes…
Continue ReadingAmy Homma succeeds Jacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jacqueline Stewart is leaving her post leading the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to return to the University of…
Continue ReadingUS pledges $135 million in aid to Western-leaning Moldova to counter Russian influence
By MATTHEW LEE and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged $135 million in aid to…
Continue ReadingWisconsin house explosion kills 1 and authorities say reported gunfire was likely ignited ammunition
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Police say one person died when a house exploded in southern Wisconsin. Elise Schaffer, a spokesperson for the Dane County…
Continue ReadingIsrael says it’s taken control of key area of Gaza’s border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels
By TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it seized control of a…
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Nissan warns owners of older vehicles not to drive them due to risk of exploding air bag inflators
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata…
Continue ReadingWhat to know as Conservatives and Labour vie for votes 1 week into Britain’s election campaign
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first week of Britain’s six-week election campaign has seen frenetic activity but not much…
Continue ReadingBuilding explosion kills bank employee and injures 7 others in Youngstown, Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a massive explosion killed a bank employee, injured several other people and left an apartment building…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s president withdraws his country’s ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between…
Continue ReadingA German court will try a far-right politician next month over a second alleged use of a Nazi slogan
BERLIN (AP) — A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a…
Continue ReadingWhat you will and won’t see from June’s planetary parade
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Six planets will link up before dawn on June 3 in what’s known as a planetary parade. But…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from…
Continue ReadingCleveland Fed names former Goldman Sachs executive Beth Hammack to succeed Mester as president
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cleveland branch of the Federal Reserve says that Beth Hammack, an executive at…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire’s limits on teaching on race and gender are unconstitutional, judge says
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what…
Continue ReadingFrench prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities are investigating suspects behind deadly unrest
By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities have opened an investigation into…
Continue ReadingAnother US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images purported to show…
Continue ReadingIga Swiatek saves a match point and comes back to beat Naomi Osaka at the French Open
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek has saved a match point and come back to beat Naomi Osaka 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5 in the…
Continue ReadingWhat are leaking underground storage tanks and how are they being cleaned up?
By JORDAN GASS-POORE, The Uproot Project It’s been decades since residents of a tiny Rhode Island neighborhood found themselves dealing with…
Continue ReadingAn Iceland volcano spews red streams of lava toward an evacuated town
By MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December,…
Continue ReadingGermany scraps a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for military servicepeople
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19. People serving with the German…
Continue ReadingNot a gym rat? Here’s how to get started on an outdoor exercise routine
By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press For people who can’t stand the gym, working out in the fresh air might be the best option. To get started, build…
Continue ReadingWhen South Africa’s election results are expected and why the president will be chosen later
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa held a national election Wednesday that could be the country’s…
Continue ReadingSingapore Airlines jet endured huge swings in gravitational force during turbulence, report says
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A preliminary investigation says the Singapore Airlines plane that ran into turbulence last week went through huge…
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