New Mexico getting $16 million in federal funding to address homelessness
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.),…
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Indiana community mourns 6 siblings killed in house fire
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Members of a northern Indiana community mourned and searched for answers Monday as they gathered for the funeral of six…
Continue Reading Tennessee governor pitches school voucher expansion as state revenues stagnate
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee once again announced that he wants…
Continue Reading US Virgin Islands finalizes land swap deal to build school despite concerns over historic cay
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands has finalized a long-awaited deal that will allow officials to build a public school on St.…
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‘Most Wanted’ sex offender captured in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man who appeared on the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender list was captured in El Paso this week. Kenneth Wayne Dove Jr.…
Continue Reading Brawl between migrants and police in New York’s Times Square touches off backlash
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video showing a group of migrants brawling with police in Times Square has touched off a…
Continue Reading Women dominated the 2024 Grammy Awards. Is the tide turning?
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the 2024 Grammy nominees were first announced, women dominated in the major categories.…
Continue Reading South Dakota man charged with murder for allegedly running down chief deputy during police chase
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press South Dakota prosecutors have charged a Sioux Falls man with murder in the death of a deputy who was struck while…
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11th suspect in Terrance Kinard Capital Murder case now in custody
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has confirmed through online court records that an 11th suspect in a years-old murder case has now been arrested and…
Continue Reading Service has been restored to east Arkansas town that went without water for more than 2 weeks
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Water is again flowing in an east Arkansas town that had been without service for more…
Continue Reading Better equipment and communications are among Maui police recommendations after Lahaina wildfire
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly six months after a wildfire destroyed the…
Continue Reading Texas mother, infant son die in house fire after she saves her two other children
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas mother and her 1-year-old son died after a fire engulfed their Houston home, but not before she was able to rescue her two…
Continue Reading Fishing regulators say no to catching more of this most valuable species
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishermen who harvest one of the most valuable marine species in the country won’t…
Continue Reading US labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote
By JIMMY GOLEN and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball…
Continue Reading Gap Inc. taps American fashion designer Zac Posen as creative director
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gap has tapped American fashion designer Zac Posen as the chain’s creative…
Continue Reading Senate border bill would upend US asylum with emergency limits and fast-track reviews
By JAVIER ARCIGA AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nearly every day since September, hundreds of migrants from…
Continue Reading Border bill supporters combat misinformation that it would actually let in more migrants
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one of the most hard-fought provisions in the bipartisan border security package,…
Continue Reading Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt
By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are resisting the advance of a…
Continue Reading The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Taylor Swift made music history at the Grammy Awards, a band formed long before…
Continue Reading Four bus and taxi drivers shot to death in violent southern Mexico city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four bus and taxi drivers are dead following apparently coordinated attacks by gunmen in the city of Chilpancingo, the capital…
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Bob Beckwith, 9/11 rescuer who stood next to President George W. Bush atop debris, dies at 91
WCBS By Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Bob Beckwith, the former New York City firefighter who famously stood alongside President George…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Fires in Chile, California rains and Spain drought spread pain of weather extremes
Associated Press Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del Mar, Chile.…
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ABC-7 Weather – Warmer with added clouds and rain chances
Our next storm arrives later Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate winds along with added clouds and slight rain chances. Temps will warm to nearly 70…
Continue Reading Brother of dead suspect in fires at Boston-area Jewish institutions is ordered held
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The brother of a man suspected in four arsons involving Jewish institutions in the Boston area in…
Continue Reading Hospitalization delays start of ex-Illinois state senator’s federal fraud trail
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The federal wire fraud and money laundering trial against William “Sam”…
Continue Reading Mississippi judge drops punishment of probation and book report for a child who urinated in public
SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An attorney says a 10-year-old Black child who urinated near his own mother’s car in Mississippi will no longer be…
Continue Reading Why now is a crucial time to pay off credit card debt
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of…
Continue Reading Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500k doses of opioids granted new trial
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia doctor who was sentenced to 40 years in prison after prescribing more than…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish help Grammys reach its largest audience since 2020
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An average of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to watch Taylor Swift make history at the…
Continue Reading Justice Department proposes major changes to address disparities in state crime victim funds
By CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The Justice Department proposed changes Monday to rules governing state-run programs that provide…
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