Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The…
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Residents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands…
Continue Reading Paris angers critics with plans to restrict Olympic Games traffic but says residents shouldn’t flee
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Stay and enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show. That is the message organizers of the Paris Olympics…
Continue Reading Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says Haslams offered bribes to inflate Pilot truck stops earnings
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says the billionaire Haslam family tried to bribe at least…
Continue Reading Businesses where George Floyd was killed sue Minneapolis, saying police are not protecting the area
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 are suing the city for about $1.5 million. The…
Continue Reading Charges dismissed against 3 emergency management supervisors in 2020 death
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge has dismissed all charges against three western Pennsylvania emergency management supervisors accused of obstructing…
Continue Reading Feminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was…
Continue Reading Lawmakers can ‘vote their conscience’ on expelling Santos, House speaker says, but he has concerns
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson expressed reservations Wednesday about expelling Rep. George Santos from…
Continue Reading Poland’s new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative…
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism is on the rise as he pushes for Israel aid
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is warning that antisemitism in the United States has…
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Paso Del Norte Bridge to open Express Line this Friday for border crossers
UPDATE: As of Friday, December 1, the confined express lanes at the Paso Del Norte Bridge are now open. JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state…
Continue Reading Top diplomats arrive in North Macedonia for security meeting as some boycott Russia’s participation
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Top diplomats from more than 50 countries have arrived in North Macedonia…
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Hotel Paso Del Norte prepares to unveil life-sized gingerbread house
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The pastry team at Hotel Paso De Norte is putting the finishing touches on a life-sized gingerbread house. 300 gingerbread…
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Court documents reveal graphic details of murder of El Paso jail annex inmate
Update: ABC-7 has obtained court documents detailing Torres’ murder. The documents state that a detention officer walked into Torres’ cellblock and…
Continue Reading GOP considers holding formal vote to authorize Biden impeachment as White House questions legitimacy
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering holding a formal vote next month to authorize the…
Continue Reading Video of teen beating parking guard in upscale neighborhood sparks anger in class-divided Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An expensive private high school in Mexico has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot…
Continue Reading China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for…
Continue Reading Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver who says two white men shot into his work van and…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank was keen to land a ‘whale’ of a client in Trump, documents at his fraud trial show
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Deutsche Bank viewed Donald Trump as a “whale” of a client, wanted to land him and eagerly…
Continue Reading US Navy warship shoots down a drone launched by Houthis from Yemen
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says a U.S. Navy warship sailing near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait shot down a…
Continue Reading Jury to decide whether officer fatally shooting handcuffed man was justified
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he…
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Release of Palestinian prisoners sheds light on controversial Israeli justice system in the occupied West Bank
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir, Abeer Salman and Alex Platt, CNN (CNN) — The release of Palestinian prisoners by…
Continue Reading Maine offers free university tuition to Lewiston shooting victims, families
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s public university system is offering free tuition to family members of those who died and to those who were…
Continue Reading Boy who was 12 when he fatally ran over his foster mother gets 2 years in custody
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British foster child who killed the woman caring for him when he ran over her with her car has…
Continue Reading Actor Jonathan Majors appears in court as jury selection begins in New York assault trial
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors has appeared in court in New York for the start of jury selection in…
Continue Reading US sanctions financial network tied to Iranian oil sales
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed a new round of sanctions against a group of 20 people…
Continue Reading Algeria passes law to protect media freedom. Others used to imprison journalists remain on the books
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has passed a law enshrining new media freedoms and repealing old measures that allowed journalists to be prosecuted…
Continue Reading A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like…
Continue Reading German authorities arrest a 15-year-old on suspicion of planning an attack
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in western Germany on suspicion of planning a possible attack on a Christmas…
Continue Reading Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member Finland has closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia. The move Wednesday…
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