Month: May 2024

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Facing a room of Arab American activists from across the country angry at President Joe…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The FBI has raided a local prosecutor’s office and his private business in Mississippi’s capital city. Officials declined…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza has released new video footage…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ health department has appointed an outspoken anti-abortion OB-GYN to a committee that reviews pregnancy-related…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he will run for Senate Republican leader when Mitch…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the band Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Power was expected to be restored by late Wednesday to nearly all Houston area homes and…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have sent a letter to the leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asking for…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing questions about his commitment to…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Oakland Coliseum to a local Black development group for at least $105…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says in a new rule that buy now, pay later lenders are…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Kansas City-area man charged with murder in the killings of a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it has handed out in Gaza in recent days a…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is stepping up its efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters as it…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Senate has passed a bill to explicitly allow evidence of prior sexual…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The person fatally shot by a Washington state trooper during an altercation on Interstate 5 last week has been identified as…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Leading Virginia Democrats say recently uncovered hypothermia hospitalizations among inmates…