Year: 2024

Associated Press Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers unusually rich in plant and animal diversity. It’s also a critical conduit between the rest of Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico, draining two-thirds of the state and cleaning water and warehousing silt that

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information from authorities. The

Associated Press BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Icelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s production of “Tristan und Isolde” at the Bayreuth Festival is becomes a psychoanalytic examination of self-loathing and burdensome expectations. Arnarsson’s staging, starring Andreas Schager and Camilla Nylund and conducted by Semyon Bychkov, opened July 25 in a run of seven performances through Aug. 26.

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother who was killed after being accused of shoplifting last August. Young was suspected of stealing bottles of alcohol when Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb and

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. A year later, the case is largely stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year. When Fulton County District Attorney

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban. The secretary of state’s office certified Tuesday that an initiative petition received more than enough valid signatures from registered voters to qualify for the

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo has flown home to a hero’s welcome after winning two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Donors have pledged more than $1 million worth of cash and gifts for him including a resort house and free lunch buffets for life. The 24-year-old’s gold medal wins

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale price increases in the United States eased in July, suggesting that inflation pressures are further cooling as the Federal Reserve moves closer to cutting interest rates, likely beginning next month. The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.1% from June to