Adam Conover’s ‘G Word’ is funny crash course in government
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Conover is sure that laughter can open people up to new ideas. He tested the approach in…
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The names: 19 children, 2 teachers killed in Uvalde school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games. Two teachers were…
Continue Reading Republicans kept off Michigan ballot turn to the courts
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan business owner has filed a lawsuit to try to get on Michigan’s August primary ballot.…
Continue Reading Trump election probe grand jury to hear from Raffensperger
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s secretary of state is expected to appear next week before a special grand jury in…
Continue Reading McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will…
Continue Reading Cops investigate swastika painted on Black Missouri church
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern Missouri and police are…
Continue Reading Authorities: Teen sneaks loaded gun into SC holding facility
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old arrested for having a loaded gun at a South Carolina mall apparently sneaked a second loaded weapon into the…
Continue Reading Deliberations underway in trial linked to Trump-Russia probe
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign hid his partisan interests from…
Continue Reading Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps
By COLLIN BINKLEY and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined…
Continue Reading Alaska’s largest natural gas utility being sold for $800M
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owner of the largest natural gas utility in Alaska says it is selling the company to Canada-based TriSummit Utilities…
Continue Reading Fitch Ratings warns of elections’ impact on Lebanese economy
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international credit ratings agency has warned that the results of this month’s…
Continue Reading Many back strict gun laws, but opposition tends to be louder
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Polling shows majorities of Americans think mass shootings would occur less often if guns…
Continue Reading Idaho trial for Chad and Lori Daybell delayed to January
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged in Idaho with killing her two youngest children and her new husband’s previous wife will be tried with her…
Continue Reading Director Kore-eda returns to Cannes with film about baby box
By JUWON PARK Associated Press CANNES, France (AP) — “Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with…
Continue Reading 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here’s where the guns came from
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were…
Continue Reading Correction: Philanthropy-Darren Walker story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published May 25, 2022, about France honoring Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, The Associated Press…
Continue Reading Upstate New York teachers put on leave after offensive texts
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Several public school teachers in Rochester were put on leave after exchanging text messages that made “racist and…
Continue Reading Lukas Dhont’s tender boyhood drama ‘Close’ stirs Cannes
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Lukas Dhont’s sensitive coming-of-age film “Close,” about the tender friendship of two…
Continue Reading Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise
By JON GAMBRELL and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two…
Continue Reading Video released of shooting of Louisville man by US Marshal
Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville police has released video showing a Kentucky man running from police and holding a gun before he…
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