Month: January 2024

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the consolidation of local police and…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four high school students in Las Vegas were indicted Friday as adults on second-degree murder charges in the…

GLEN ROCK, Pa. (AP) — A school board in southern Pennsylvania has voted to reinstate the district’s old mascot logo portraying a Native American…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Police cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have…

BOSTON (AP) — One of two Rhode Island men charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct in connection with the death of a fan at a New…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Like other universities, Harvard is struggling to manage campus responses to Israel’s war in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City say an 11-month-old baby has died after being burned by steam leaking from a radiator inside a Brooklyn…

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the car she was riding in mistakenly drove up his backcountry driveway in…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans have introduced a bill that would set up a binding statewide…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Federal search warrants have revealed new details about a shooting in August on the University of North Carolina’s…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Religious leaders say six nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti as they traveled on a bus through the capital. The Haitian…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s failed moonshot ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific,…

By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A historically Black college in Missouri is in turmoil…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021…

DULLES, Va. (AP) — A small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly…

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — A jury deadlock has led to a mistrial in the voluntary manslaughter case against an off-duty Los Angeles police officer.…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is facing a lawsuit by three people wounded in bombings…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state representative who immigrated from Somalia are…

DENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in suburban Denver that killed five people — apparently out of revenge for a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a short-term spending bill that keeps the federal government operating until early March. Signed…