Year: 2024

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s House was tense Friday morning as the Democratic majority pushed…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials say Gen. Eric Smith is taking steps to return to full duty as commandant…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s economy grew 2.9% in 2023, beating expectations in the first year of the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula…

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Officials say a United Airlines flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, had to divert to Bangor International Airport…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed what would have been one of the most…

By RUSS BYNUM and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Georgia’s largest county is still repairing damage inflicted on its government offices by a…

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has declared a mistrial in the latest lawsuit alleging that exposure to the…

By SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press SKELLYTOWN, Texas (AP) — First, the flames came storming across the vistas of the Texas Panhandle,…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As mourners prepare for the funeral of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, who was killed near…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding that a county on Long Island rescind its ban on transgender athletes competing…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position, scrapping the program’s staff…

By The Associated Press Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny two weeks after his…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University has begun sending documents from its investigation into convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The latest rail layoffs this week, combined with an investment fund’s ongoing campaign for…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun airdrops of emergency humanitarian assistance into Gaza.…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writers BOSTON (AP) — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that would legalize skill games, the slots-like…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been exonerated and released after spending nearly 30 years on death row in…

NEW YORK (AP) — A firetruck has plowed through the facade of a furniture store on New York’s Long Island. A Rockville Centre Police…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the Pentagon will lift the ban…

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A sport-utility vehicle has crashed into a Walmart in suburban Detroit, injuring several people. The Canton Township…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official has ruled voters will get to decide whether to repeal a law that pays for…

By KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press The final images of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are tinged with deep despair for many of his…