Newlyweds and bride’s mother killed in crash after semitruck overturns in Colorado
DENVER (AP) — A newlywed couple and the bride’s mother were killed in a crash after a semitruck overturned on Interstate 70 west of Denver,…
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First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian health ministry says it has recorded the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in…
Continue Reading Broken water main floods Montreal, affecting thousands and prompting boil water advisory
MONTREAL (AP) — Nearly 150,000 Montreal homes were put under a boil water advisory after a broken water main erupted into a “geyser” that…
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Former DC employee convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Washington, D.C., city employee was found guilty of manslaughter Friday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old…
Continue Reading San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls
Associated Press Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this…
Continue Reading Kosovo’s president sets parliament elections for Feb. 9 in a key test for the prime minister
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s president has set Feb. 9 as the date for the tiny Balkan country’s new parliamentary elections, a vote…
Continue Reading Subpoenas issued to New York Mayor Eric Adams, City Hall and campaign in federal probe of 2021 run
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have issued subpoenas to Mayor Eric Adams, his campaign arm and City Hall in a probe into the…
Continue Reading Judge blocks plans for sports joint streaming venture among Fox, ESPN and Warner Brothers
AP Sports Writer The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the…
Continue Reading Virginia attorney general denounces ESG investments in state retirement fund
Associated Press/Report for America Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares has released an advisory opinion saying that the state’s…
Continue Reading BeatKing, a Houston rapper known for viral TikTok song ‘Then Leave,’ dies at 39
Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in…
Continue Reading Round 2 of US Rep. Gaetz vs. former Speaker McCarthy plays out in Florida GOP primary
Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — The Republican primary for Florida’s 1st Congressional district is like a rematch between Rep. Matt Gaetz…
Continue Reading Family agrees to settle lawsuit against officer whose police dog killed an Alabama man
Report for America/The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The family of a man who was killed by a police dog in Alabama six years ago has…
Continue Reading Michael Brown’s death transformed a nation and sparked a decade of American reckoning on race
Associated Press Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been…
Continue Reading New Jersey governor’s former chief of staff to replace Menendez, but only until November election
Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has tapped his former chief of staff to serve temporarily as a U.S.…
Continue Reading Massachusetts governor says deals have been reached to keep some threatened hospitals open
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced Friday that deals have been reached in principle to transition…
Continue Reading Belarus’ authoritarian leader pardons 30 out of some 1,400 political prisoners
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 30 prisoners convicted for taking…
Continue Reading COVID-19 is on the upswing in the US
COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country.…
Continue Reading Backers of Ohio redistricting measure vow lawsuit over ballot language they call ‘deceitful’
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a fall redistricting amendment in Ohio vowed swift legal action Friday, after the state ballot…
Continue Reading Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 9
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican police have arrested at least six suspects in connection with a mass shooting in which eight people were…
Continue Reading What to know about the US arrest of a Peruvian gang leader suspected of killing 23 people
Associated Press A South American crime boss wanted in the killings of at least 23 people in Peru was captured this week in New York, three months…
Continue Reading Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor during ongoing dispute
Associated Press A white Florida woman was convicted Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor after the jury rejected her…
Continue Reading Texas jurors are deciding if a student’s parents are liable in a deadly 2018 school shooting
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for the parents of a Texas student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston…
Continue Reading A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico’s ruling party faces growing scandal
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was strange and surprising when Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas…
Continue Reading Neighbor reported smelling gas night before Maryland house explosion
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — A newspaper reports that a neighbor smelled gas and told a utility company about it the night before a home exploded in Bel…
Continue Reading Tennessee family’s lawsuit says video long kept from them shows police force, not drugs, killed son
Associated Press A Tennessee mother whose son was having a seizure in his apartment says in a new lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected him to…
Continue Reading Rail bridge collapses near the US-Canada border
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A century-old rail lift bridge near the U.S.-Canada border has collapsed. It’s unclear when water traffic can resume. No…
Continue Reading Biden signs order to establish 1908 Springfield race riot monument as he looks to burnish legacy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a proclamation to establish a national monument to commemorate the 1908 race riot…
Continue Reading Rural communities of color across the US find new ways to get the health care they need
AP Health Writer Many rural hospitals have closed in the last decade in the United States and a recent report from the Center for Healthcare Quality…
Continue Reading Man didn’t know woman he fatally shot in restaurant drive-thru before killing himself, police say
STOW, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man who got out of his car in the drive-thru lane of a fast-food restaurant in Ohio and fatally shot a woman in…
Continue Reading Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?
AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a…
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