Month: April 2024

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from July’s catastrophic flooding and other…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats to scrap a ballot design widely…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky spokeswoman says the school is “distressed to hear disturbing allegations” of sexual assault by former…

DETROIT (AP) — A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall.…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The question of holding the Paris Games opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large as…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Attorney General has declined to file criminal charges against a Los Angeles…

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIT MERI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Interior Minister says Israeli agents were most…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A lockdown prompted by a report of a gunshot at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota has lifted. Security…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Workers who help bring Disneyland’s beloved characters to life have filed a petition to form…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is being remembered as a politician…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A law that will enable Britain to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda has…

By JOSH CORNFIELD Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish has been performing to thousands of dedicated fans for decades and prides itself on never…

By LINDSEY BAHR and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home.…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Charges have been dismissed against a suspect in the 2016 cold case slaying of a 25-year-old Tulane University graduate who was…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico said it did not…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop has…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members’ jobs in North Carolina’s public…