El Paso Municipal Court reports a rise in traffic deaths and crashes
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Municipal Court continues to warn drivers against speeding. According to the court’s X page, traffic crashes and…
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After record year, Tunisia reports migrant deaths from shipwreck near Libyan waters
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after…
Continue Reading Italy’s upper chamber gives final OK to deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum process
ROME (AP) — The Italian Senate has given final approval to an agreement with Albania to house migrants during the processing of their asylum…
Continue Reading US eases restrictions on Wells Fargo after years of strict oversight following scandal
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration eased some of the restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the…
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Georgia Trump prosecutor Fani Willis misconduct hearing: What to watch
CNN By Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A hearing that could derail the election subversion case…
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Continue Reading Wyoming standoff ends over 24 hours later with authorities killing suspect in officer’s death
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer is dead after standoff lasting over 24 hours at a home in northern…
Continue Reading Utah governor approves censure of school board member who questioned a student’s gender
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed legislation censuring a conservative member of the…
Continue Reading Lyme disease case counts in the US rose by almost 70% in 2022 due to a change in how it’s reported
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lyme disease cases in the United States jumped nearly 70% in 2022. Health officials say it’s due…
Continue Reading Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn an election he lost to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate,…
Continue Reading US to build 5 new military bases for Somali army, which faces a rebellion by an extremist group
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Assembly passes bills regulating AI use in elections and outlawing AI-produced child porn
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers have passed bills designed to regulate artificial intelligence, joining…
Continue Reading Venezuela orders UN human rights office to close, accusing it of anti-government activity
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has ordered the local U.N. office on human rights to…
Continue Reading Biden administration looks to expand student loan forgiveness to those facing ‘hardship’
By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who are struggling to repay federal student loans because of financial…
Continue Reading Florida deputy mistakes falling acorn for gunshot, fires into patrol car with Black man inside
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy mistook the sound of an acorn hitting his patrol vehicle’s roof for a gunshot and…
Continue Reading A migrant smuggling boat capsizes off Panama, leaving at least 5 people dead and 1 missing
PANAMA CITY (AP) — At least five migrants have died and the search continues for one more who is missing after a boat carrying more than two dozen…
Continue Reading Average long-term US mortgage rate rose this week to 6.77%, highest level in 10 weeks
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week to its highest level in 10 weeks, a…
Continue Reading Egyptian club Al Ahly cancels tryout for South Africa’s Mokoena over his support of a politician
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Egyptian soccer club Al Ahly has canceled a trial for South Africa midfielder Teboho…
Continue Reading Chiefs lineman Trey Smith shares WWE title belt with frightened boy after parade shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared the WWE title belt to help calm a young boy in the aftermath of the…
Continue Reading Number of American workers hitting the picket lines more than doubled last year as unions flexed
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Auto workers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for…
Continue Reading Cleveland-Cliffs to shutter West Virginia tin plant and lay off 900 after tariff ruling
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs is shutting down a northern West Virginia tin production facility…
Continue Reading Republican businessman Hovde to enter Wisconsin US Senate race against Baldwin
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate…
Continue Reading Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog report has found that the kind of systemic failures that enabled the…
Continue Reading Kuwait dissolves its parliament again amid years of political gridlock in oil-rich nation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s emir has dissolved parliament, the latest dissolution to strike the oil-rich nation’s legislature…
Continue Reading Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Zendaya to chair 2024 Met Gala
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Zendaya will join Vogue’s Anna Wintour as co-chairs of…
Continue Reading Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical board has approved some guidance abortion providers would need to…
Continue Reading 9 Los Angeles firefighters injured after burning truck’s fuel tank explodes
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A truck’s fuel tank exploded early Thursday in a neighborhood south of downtown Los…
Continue Reading TikTok offers opportunities, and risk, for Biden as his campaign reaches out to young voters
CNN By Arit John and Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — The Biden campaign’s venture onto TikTok has been met with mixed reviews, as some…
Continue Reading Steady ascent or sudden splash? North Carolina governor’s race features men who took different paths
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) — Front-runners for North Carolina’s major-party nominations for governor in next…
Continue Reading Ford CEO says company will rethink where it builds vehicles after last year’s autoworkers strike
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Last fall’s contentious United Auto Workers’ strike changed Ford’s relationship with…
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