Top health official in New Mexico leaves after less than 2 years on the job
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen is leaving after less than two years on the job. Democratic Gov.…
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Nicaragua’s Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife ‘copresidents’
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and…
Continue Reading Judge puts stop to governor’s effort to remove Virginia from greenhouse gas initiative
Associated Press A judge has ruled that Virginia can’t withdraw from a multistate initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the…
Continue Reading EU lawmakers seal a deal to rubber-stamp one of the bloc’s most right-leaning executives
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have rubber-stamped a new team of policy commissioners for the next five years to head…
Continue Reading Sig Sauer ordered to pay $11 million to Philadelphia man wounded by pistol that went off by itself
Associated Press A Philadelphia jury has awarded $11 million to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the…
Continue Reading Human smuggling trial witness says he was separated from a family hours before they froze to death
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.-Canada border in blizzard conditions has testified…
Continue Reading Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel.…
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New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula welcomes China’s Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a…
Continue Reading Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with…
Continue Reading Trial of youth center worker accused of holding down boy while he was raped turns acrimonious
Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The cross-examination of a man who says he was raped as a teenager by New Hampshire youth center workers…
Continue Reading Nvidia is Wall Street’s most valuable company. How it got there, by the numbers
Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts. The company has seen soaring demand for its…
Continue Reading Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was…
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US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow the Russian advance
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. defense chief says the Biden administration will give Ukraine antipersonnel land mines to help it…
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Trump’s casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing experience on television as he chooses people to serve in his…
Continue Reading Marquette University names Kimo Ah Yun as its new president
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University has selected Kimo Ah Yun as its new president. Ah Yun has been serving as the school’s acting president…
Continue Reading FEMA head sounds the alarm over disaster funding after double hurricanes
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says money available to help communities hit by disasters…
Continue Reading Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court says Philadelphia can’t impose stricter firearms regulations than are…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito’s parents filed against Moab, Utah police
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito’s parents filed against the city of Moab…
Continue Reading 2 Florida parents arrested after school resource deputy is punched in face
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — Two central Florida parents were charged criminally after a mother pushed a middle school resource deputy and the father…
Continue Reading Biden has become notably quiet after the 2024 election and Democrats’ loss
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats’ gut-wrenching defeat at the polls. After…
Continue Reading Tennessee man involved in Capitol riot is convicted of planning to kill investigators
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot has been convicted of planning…
Continue Reading Canada’s provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada’s most populous province says all of the country’s provincial and territorial premiers…
Continue Reading Archegos hedge fund founder Bill Hwang gets 18 years in prison for massive fraud
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Archegos Capital Management, a hedge fund, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his…
Continue Reading North Carolina Republicans push through bill weakening incoming governor and attorney general
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators have given final approval to a series of political power moves that…
Continue Reading Fugitive arrested after a standoff in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff at a restaurant a few blocks from the Democratic National…
Continue Reading As US ramps up nuclear power, fuel supplier plans to enrich more uranium domestically
Associated Press OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Bishops and bankers meet to help Catholics seeking to ethically invest
Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Religious communities are increasingly seeking to invest in companies that match their faith values and…
Continue Reading US charges tycoon Gautam Adani with defrauding investors, hiding plan to bribe Indian officials
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s latest branded venture is guitars that cost up to $10,000
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed a line of guitars, following up on the Bibles, sneakers,…
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