Harris will tout apprenticeships in a swing state visit to Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to the swing state of Wisconsin next week for an event touting worker…
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Liev Schreiber dons a collar to play a Catholic priest in revival of ‘Doubt’ on Broadway
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment NEW YORK (AP) — Liev Schreiber is chewing on big ideas in a revival of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer…
Continue Reading NYC subway service snarled due to worker safety concerns after a conductor was slashed in the neck
NEW YORK (AP) — Morning commutes on a New York City subway line were severely delayed Thursday after a train conductor was slashed in the neck,…
Continue Reading Missouri House passes property tax cut aimed at offsetting surge in vehicle values
By DAVID A. LIEB Assocaited Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents could see a roughly $138 million tax break under legislation passed…
Continue Reading Mitch McConnell’s decision to step down as GOP leader reverberates in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Mitch McConnell’s decision to step down as Senate Republican leader in November is…
Continue Reading Ousted Michigan Republican Party chair seeks help from appeals court
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals is being urged to step into a dispute over leadership of the state Republican Party.…
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Dallas judge rules Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones must take paternity test
DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Our news partners WFAA reports that a Dallas County Judge just ruled that Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones must take a paternity…
Continue Reading Winfrey leaving WeightWatchers board, donating all of her interest in the company to a museum
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey is leaving WeightWatchers board of directors and donating all of her…
Continue Reading Man exonerated after nearly 30 years of imprisonment for deadly 1994 arson
KYW By Raymond Strickland and Adam Fox Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Daniel…
Continue Reading Flu shots are doing OK vs. virus, US numbers indicate
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early estimates suggest flu shots are performing OK in the current U.S. winter flu season. The…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military blames technical fault for crash of fighter jet on training flight
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed and burned in the countryside in the central region of Magway, with…
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Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants suspected of being in country illegally blocked by federal judge
By Uriel J. GarcÃa, The Texas Tribune Feb. 29, 2024 “Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants suspected of being in country illegally blocked by…
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Deadly Texas wildfire torches 1 million acres – the largest blaze in state history – as more infernos rage
CNN By Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan, Robert Shackelford and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas…
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Biden and Trump try to work immigration to their political advantage during dueling trips to Texas
By COLLEEN LONG, SEUNG MIN KIM and JILL COLVINAssociated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and his likely Republican…
Continue Reading NYC officials clear another storefront illegally housing dozens of migrants in unsafe conditions
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have cleared out a Bronx storefront illegally converted to house dozens of tenants that was run by the same…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to…
Continue Reading Family of Cuban dissident who died in mysterious car crash sues accused American diplomat-turned-spy
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN MIAMI (AP) — The widow of a prominent Cuban dissident killed in a mysterious car crash has filed a wrongful death…
Continue Reading From nuclear risk to helping young families: Things to know about Putin’s state-of-the-nation speech
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered a blunt message to the West, warning that it…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to visit former president Donald Trump at Florida home next week
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will visit former President Donald Trump next week at…
Continue Reading Once doomed to cult status, the animated satire ‘Clone High’ finds a new life on Max
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the weirdest high schools in history, Cleopatra is dating class president Frida…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley can’t win the Republican primary with 40%. But she can expose some of Trump’s weaknesses
By MEG KINNARD and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has vowed not to talk about her…
Continue Reading Black soldiers are honored, name by name, at a Civil War battlefield
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black…
Continue Reading Chad opposition leader was killed as he led attack on security agency in the capital, official says
By EDOUARD TAKADJI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s prosecutor said on Thursday that an opposition leader was killed while…
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A wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state history
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, growing to nearly 1,700 square…
Continue Reading Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill draws international condemnation after it is passed by parliament
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people in Ghana and their supporters has drawn…
Continue Reading Canada reimposes a visa requirement on Mexicans
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s immigration minister says his country is reimposing the visa requirements on Mexican…
Continue Reading Editor of top independent Russian newspaper fined for allegedly discrediting military
By The Associated Press The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained and later fined 30,000 rubles…
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Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate…
Continue Reading Prince William condemns antisemitism during visit to London synagogue
LONDON (AP) — Prince William has condemned antisemitism during a visit to a London synagogue, the first time he appeared in public after he…
Continue Reading The US is bracing for complex, fast-moving threats to elections this year, FBI director warns
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press McLEAN, VA. (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says the U.S. expects to confront fast-moving threats to American…
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