Month: February 2024

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-led House of Delegates has overwhelmingly passed legislation to…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group has told a Georgia judge that it doesn’t have evidence to support…

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — A massive landslide on a coastal bluff has left a Southern California mansion on the edge of a cliff, but authorities…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi winning back his Long Island seat could…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula killed one backcountry skier and injured two…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A lawmaker has resumed his push to limit a Kentucky governor’s pardon powers.…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for David Hosier, who is on death row for killing a Jefferson City…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova says it…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three people and four firms — across Iran, the United Arab…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal lawsuit says inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors in the murder trial of a former…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The signs are all around downtown Indianapolis now. NBA All-Star weekend has finally arrived.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police inspector has been acquitted of assault in the use of a baton during an encounter with a protester…

By BASSEM MROUE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The slow-simmering cross-border conflict between Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a series of carjackings, including one in which a high school…

By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press A team of scientists says extreme wind and rain may contribute to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks. A…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 29-year-old filmmaker Sean Wang can’t believe it, himself, but he’s going to the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s National Security Bureau says the country’s president has met the CEO of U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities announced they have charged over 40 gang members in Boston with a range of…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Estonia’s foreign minister says NATO has about three or four years to strengthen its…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Representatives of several human rights organizations have held a press conference…