Vote to continue strike exposes Boeing workers’ anger over lost pensions
Associated Press Since going on strike last month, Boeing factory workers repeated one theme from their picket lines: They want their pensions back.…
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Like Biden, Harris puts focus on Trump as Election Day draws near
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden was running for reelection, his strategy was to keep the focus squarely on Donald Trump and his…
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Trump’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal election case, call special counsel illegally appointed
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have told a federal judge that the election interference case against…
Continue Reading Red-cockaded woodpeckers’ recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to…
Continue Reading Woman killed and dumped in Lake Pontchartrain in 1986 is finally identified
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — It’s taken 38 years, but Louisiana authorities have finally identified a woman whose body was found floating in Lake…
Continue Reading Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse agrees to pay $102 million for cleanup
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than…
Continue Reading What is fascism? And why does Harris say Trump is a fascist?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied,…
Continue Reading Teenager stabs police officers in a police station in Bosnia, killing 1 and wounding another
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say a minor broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday and killed one officer…
Continue Reading Environmentalists sue New York, New Jersey and Delaware over endangered sturgeon
Associated Press Environmentalists accuse New York, New Jersey and Delaware in federal lawsuits of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed…
Continue Reading County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge…
Continue Reading Nebraska superintendent charged after boy falls in scuffle over cowboy hat
Associated Press A western Nebraska school superintendent who wanted a student to remove his cowboy hat is facing a felony charge after the boy fell…
Continue Reading Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 5 storm. Forecasters say the major hurricane is expected to remain far from…
Continue Reading McDonald’s says onions from California-based produce company linked to deadly E. coli outbreak
Associated Press A California-based produce company was the source of fresh onions linked to a deadly E. coli food poisoning outbreak at…
Continue Reading An Alabama city’s ex-finance director pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $1M
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The former finance director for a city in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $1…
Continue Reading Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its…
Continue Reading The Biden administration is launching an inquiry of competition in air travel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it is launching a broad public inquiry on the state of competition in air travel,…
Continue Reading Timeline of the Menendez brothers’ murder case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles say they will ask a court to resentence Lyle and Erik Menendez for the 1989 murders of their parents.…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court upholds New York’s ban on guns in sensitive places
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York says a recent Supreme Court decision does not alter its conclusion that New…
Continue Reading Obama, Springsteen boost Harris as she warns of ‘brutally serious’ consequences if Trump wins
Associated Press CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama lent their star power to Kamala Harris’ quest for the presidency on…
Continue Reading Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judicial panel is recommending that the state’s Republican attorney general be suspended from…
Continue Reading DNA tests identify 19th-century teenager’s skull found in Illinois home’s wall
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana…
Continue Reading President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden said he will formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in forcing Indigenous…
Continue Reading Argentine police raid the Buenos Aires hotel where One Direction’s Liam Payne died
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying…
Continue Reading Officials find no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after Missouri investigation
AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials said Thursday that there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after…
Continue Reading Ex-officer on trial in shooting death of Andre Hill thought his life was in danger, attorney says
Associated Press An attorney for a white former Ohio police officer says the officer mistakenly shot and killed Andre Hill in 2020 because he saw a…
Continue Reading CVS workers reach tentative contract agreement after weekend strike
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unions representing more than 7,000 CVS workers in Southern California have reached a tentative agreement…
Continue Reading AI-powered weapons scanners used in NYC subway found zero guns in one month test
NEW YORK (AP) — A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any…
Continue Reading Man who pleaded guilty in Indiana mall shooting that wounded 1 gets home detention
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a shooting that wounded one person inside an Indiana shopping mall last year has been sentenced…
Continue Reading Hama Amadou, Niger’s former prime minister and emblematic opposition figure, dies at 74
Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou has died in a hospital in the country’s capital, Niamey. He had…
Continue Reading Elections board deadlocks in dispute over Ohio congresswoman’s residency
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An elections board is deadlocked about whether a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio resides in her Akron district.…
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