
‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools
AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal…
Continue ReadingAP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Wyoming Republican primary voters have opted to stick with long-serving U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola has advanced to November’s ranked choice general election for Alaska’s…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and the Himalayan region of Kashmir early Tuesday, panicking residents. There…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Barack Obama was days shy of his 43rd birthday and months from being elected to the U.S. Senate when he stepped onto a Boston stage…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The young men perched on motorcycles looked dazed in the morning heat. But at the sight of a potential…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and…
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A pre-dawn police raid targeting the family home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has denied Hunter Biden’s latest bid to dismiss the tax charges against him, setting the stage…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hundreds of photos of a slain investigative journalist’s home and neighborhood were found on the cellphone…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has agreed to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited…
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a hunter in Alaska has been hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention ‘s first night showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald…
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted Monday night to approve their 2024 party platform, which lays…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Betty Jean Hall, an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic Party has been riven for months by the war in Gaza, giving rise to a protest movement that…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Some East Palestine residents want more time and more information before they have to decide by a deadline this week whether to…
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two 18-year-old men have been charged with murder in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A police sergeant in Indianapolis faces child exploitation charges following an investigation by members of an internet crimes…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal authorities say a New Orleans school teacher is facing a sex trafficking charge involving a 16-year-old girl. And they…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Black student group at a flagship Missouri university that was roiled by protests over race nearly a decade ago said it was…
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. soldier in North Carolina has been indicted on charges of having lied to authorities about his association with a group…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government has issued the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin has held talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to…
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame…
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