Month: February 2024

By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden avoided criminal charges around his handling of…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges targeted by threats have more than doubled over the last three years amid a…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Stuck in a dating app loop with no date in sight? A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Match Group claims that…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A large aquarium in the lobby of a Texas emergency room likely saved lives when it absorbed…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a New York City man who admitted to smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants through a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s Multnomah County say they will declare a state of emergency Wednesday evening due to potential…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives building and galleries were evacuated after two protesters dumped powder…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received over 64,000 romance scams reports that…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government has announced that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld voting districts drawn for the state Senate…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press The New York City Ballet’s principal dancer Tiler Peck has choreographed her first ballet, “Concerto for…

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…