$3 for a single McDonald’s hash brown? Customers are fed up and pushing back
CNN By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Corporate America may be bumping up against the limit of its power to keep raising prices as…
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Kentucky lawmakers dine with homeless people as they consider creating unlawful camping offense
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Some Kentucky lawmakers shared a meal of fried chicken and green beans with people who…
Continue Reading Rock climber scales massive Sphere venue near the Las Vegas Strip to protest abortion
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who bills himself as “The Official Pro-Life Spider-Man” scaled the exterior of the massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas on…
Continue Reading Stabbing of Palestinian American near the University of Texas meets hate crime standard, police say
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American who advocates say was attacked near the University of Texas campus while…
Continue Reading Police who ticketed an attorney for shouting at an officer are going to trial
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A man can move forward with his lawsuit against police in Buffalo, New York, who ticketed him for shouting at an officer to…
Continue Reading Massachusetts governor nominates former romantic partner to state’s highest court
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey has nominated a former romantic partner to fill an open seat on the state’s…
Continue Reading Minnesota officials say lodge that burned had 3 unresolved inspection violations
Minnesota regulators said Wednesday that a historic lodge destroyed in a fire had three unresolved violations from a recent fire code inspection, but…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, following a lawsuit by a terminally ill patient
By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANO QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s high court has decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and…
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Transnational criminal organization soldier pleads guilty to kidnapping death in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 21-year-old Armando Leonardo Moreno (aka Cholo) pleaded guilty to kidnapping resulting in death in a federal court in El…
Continue Reading Studies cited in case over abortion pill are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest
By LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill…
Continue Reading Santa Anita postpones Friday’s card in wake of historic rains in Southern California
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita has postponed Friday’s nine-race card to give time for horses to return to a normal routine after training was…
Continue Reading Medical examiner rules death of baby decapitated during delivery was a homicide
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The death of a Georgia couple’s baby that was decapitated during delivery has been…
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Netanyahu says Hamas’ demands on hostage and ceasefire deal are ‘delusional’
CNN By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed Hamas’ proposals for…
Continue Reading What to know about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
By GRAHAM BREWER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge…
Continue Reading US drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia leader linked to attacks on American troops
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital…
Continue Reading DEA reverses decision stripping drug distributor of licenses for fueling opioid crisis
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug…
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Las Cruces man pleads guilty to committing murder with a sword
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Arturo Francisco Quintana pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will spend the 10 years in prison. Las Cruces…
Continue Reading DePauw University receives record-breaking $200M in donations
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) — DePauw University says it has received $200 million in donations, representing the largest gift in the western Indiana…
Continue Reading Chilean ex-President Piñera drowned after a crash in a helicopter he was piloting, prosecutors say
By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Chilean prosecutors have released more details about the death of former President…
Continue Reading Minnesota and Eli Lilly settle insulin price-gouging lawsuit. Deal will hold costs to $35 a month
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. in a price gouging lawsuit…
Continue Reading As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced…
Continue Reading CBO projects a $188 billion decrease in this year’s federal budget deficit, but debt would then grow
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor doubts Republican Legislature will approve his maps
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has voiced skepticism about the possibility of the…
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Borderland under a high wind advisory till 8:00 PM
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Unsettled weather continues to impact the Borderland. A wind advisory will be in effect at 12:00 lasting till 8:00…
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Hyundai hosting anti-theft event in El Paso to eliminate theft popularized on social media
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hyundai Motor America is visiting El Paso today and tomorrow to host a free anti-theft mobile installation at Camp Cohen…
Continue Reading Virginia Democrats are sending gun-control bills to a skeptical Gov. Youngkin
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are…
Continue Reading The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts say the number of monarch butterflies at wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59%…
Continue Reading The Spurs held practice at a Miami Beach school. And kids there got a huge surprise
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Assaraf lost a bet, so he had to go through classes at Hebrew Academy on…
Continue Reading Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by US
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading…
Continue Reading A sniper killed a Florida bank robber as he held a knife to a hostage’s throat
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — As officers tried to get a would-be bank robber in Florida to surrender, the man decided instead to take two hostages. Then…
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