‘Saturday Night Live’ to Trump: ‘We’ve been with you all along’
AP Entertainment Writer The first “Saturday Night Live” since Donald Trump’s election victory began with the most somber of tones as a…
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North Korean GPS manipulation disrupted dozens of planes and vessels, South Korea says
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has disrupted GPS signals from border areas for a…
Continue Reading New LA police chief sworn in as one of the highest-paid chiefs in the US
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, who was sworn in as the chief of the Los Angeles Police…
Continue Reading Migrants crossing the Darien heard of Donald Trump’s victory — and picked up the pace
Associated Press BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama (AP) — Jesús Chávez, a 34-year-old pastry chef from Venezuela, arrived to a village at Panama’s edge of…
Continue Reading Democrat Andrea Salinas wins reelection in Oregon’s 6th District
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas has won reelection in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent beat…
Continue Reading Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposure
Associated Press/Report for America RESERVE, La. (AP) — A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Andrea Salinas wins reelection to U.S. House in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Andrea Salinas won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Friday. Salinas, a first-term congresswoman, defeated…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Lateefah Simon wins election to U.S. House in California’s 12th Congressional District
Democrat Lateefah Simon won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Friday. The district in northern California is the most…
Continue Reading Lawsuit filed over measure approved by Arkansas voters that revoked planned casino’s license
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Cherokee Nation Entertainment has filed a lawsuit challenging a measure Arkansas voters approved this…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in a decade
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen have killed a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in the country in the last decade.…
Continue Reading Arizona regulators fine natural gas utility $2 million over defective piping
PHOENIX (AP) — A natural gas utility with more than 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada and parts of California is being fined $2 million by…
Continue Reading Ex-sheriff in Mississippi is convicted of bribery and giving ammunition to a felon
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former sheriff in Mississippi’s largest county has been convicted on federal charges of soliciting bribes and providing…
Continue Reading Parked vehicle with gas cylinders explodes on NYC street, damaging homes and cars, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — A parked vehicle containing gas cylinders and other flammable materials has exploded on a residential street in New York City,…
Continue Reading Judge says New York can’t use ‘antiquated, unconstitutional’ law to block migrant buses from Texas
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of…
Continue Reading Army says the US will restart domestic TNT production at plant to be built in Kentucky
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army has awarded a $435 million contract to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky.…
Continue Reading Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s
Associated Press The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. For…
Continue Reading Republican Don Bacon wins fifth term to US House representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based district
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District,…
Continue Reading Georgia governor declares emergency in 23 counties inundated with heavy rain and flooding
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in 23 counties swamped by flooding rainstorms. Kemp’s order…
Continue Reading Officer responding to domestic disturbance fires weapon; woman and child are dead in Missouri suburb
Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A woman and a child are dead after an officer fired a weapon while responding to a domestic disturbance…
Continue Reading Board approves Arkansas site for planned 3,000-inmate prison despite objections
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an 815-acre site where it plans to build a new prison,…
Continue Reading FBI, Justice Department investigating racist mass texts sent following the election
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the…
Continue Reading US judge tosses Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, governor pledges swift appeal
Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme…
Continue Reading Gunman who wounded a man before fleeing into the subway is arrested, New York City police say
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have apprehended a man who they say shot and wounded another man on a Manhattan street and then fled into the…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy; radio host Charlamagne tha God. ___…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Don Bacon wins reelection to U.S. House in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District
Republican Rep. Don Bacon won a fifth term representing the Omaha-centered U.S. House district for Nebraska on Friday. In yet another hard-fought…
Continue Reading Police arrest a man after 9 people are stabbed over 2 days in Seattle
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Police say they have arrested a man in a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle in which nine people…
Continue Reading Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Hunger experts are warning that there’s “a strong likelihood” famine is imminent in parts of…
Continue Reading Gov. Tim Walz vows to fight Donald Trump’s agenda while working to understand his appeal
Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has vowed make Minnesota a safe haven for the values that drove the Democratic presidential…
Continue Reading Bolivians carry adorned human skulls asking for favors in the Ñatitas festival in La Paz
Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hundreds of Bolivian devotees have arrived at the municipal cemetery of La Paz carrying human skulls…
Continue Reading Spanish phone giant Telefónica to pay $85M to resolve US probe of Venezuelan bribery scheme
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spain’s largest telecommunications operator will pay more than $85 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation…
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