Las Vegas police arrest man sought in deadly store gunfire
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a man sought after opening fire as he entered a convenience store, killing one person in a…
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Barn explosion kills 2 owners, neighbor in northeast Texas
SIMMS, Texas (AP) — Investigators are seeking the cause of an explosion and fire that tore through a northeast Texas barn, killing three people.…
Continue Reading California’s PUC OKs boosting storage at infamous gas field
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have voted to increase the capacity of a Los Angeles-area natural gas…
Continue Reading Missouri attorney general reviewing claims against lawmaker
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt is…
Continue Reading Tigray, other groups form alliance against Ethiopia’s leader
By CARA ANNA and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tigray forces have joined with other armed and opposition groups in an…
Continue Reading Traveler with Biden tested positive for virus in Scotland
WASHINGTON (AP) — A person traveling with President Joe Biden to Europe this past week received a positive test result for the coronavirus. The…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Murphy wins after mail ballots extend lead
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was declared the winner in his reelection campaign after…
Continue Reading Teen indicted on murder charge in officer’s fatal shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager with a lengthy arrest record has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of a South…
Continue Reading Migrants pelt Mexico’s National Guard with rocks, 5 injured
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of migrants trying to walk across southern Mexico have pelted officers of…
Continue Reading 2 students charged with homicide in death of Iowa teacher
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Two 16-year-old students are charged in the death of a high school Spanish teacher in southeast Iowa. Jefferson County…
Continue Reading Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of…
Continue Reading Gov. Hogan initially said he would stand by aide on payment
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan initially expressed support in a private message to his former…
Continue Reading Latinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study finds
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term…
Continue Reading Former Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Ruth Ann Minner, the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86.…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty in cocaine plot tied to couple’s abduction
By WILSON RING Associated Press A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he was part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine…
Continue Reading New grand jury seated as Trump criminal probe continues
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald…
Continue Reading Group sues Colorado over law banning Native American mascots
DENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans has sued Colorado for a measure banning American Indian school…
Continue Reading Brazil’s awaited 5G tender yields billions in investment
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is holding its much-anticipated auction for build-out of the nation’s…
Continue Reading Report: Sudan military to free 4 ministers detained in coup
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state news agency says the country’s top general has ordered the release of four…
Continue Reading Optimism from climate talks: Warming projections down a bit
By SETH BORENSTEIN GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scientists say recent pledges by nations at the Glasgow climate talks will pay off but only just a bit.…
Continue Reading Migrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of immigrants working on illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon that authorities…
Continue Reading Court: Tunisia issues international warrant for ex-president
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A top Tunisian court says Tunisia issued an international arrest warrant for former president Moncef Marzouki over…
Continue Reading GOP, Dem winners of US House seats in Ohio sworn into office
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two vacant Ohio congressional seats have been filled after Republican Mike Carey, a coal…
Continue Reading Former Colorado deputies get prison for detox van death
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies have been sentenced to prison for causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing…
Continue Reading Trial of ex-Idaho governor longshot ends with hung jury
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in the killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl has ended…
Continue Reading Remains found thought to be German hiker missing since 1983
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a…
Continue Reading Portugal’s president calls a snap election on Jan. 30
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is to hold a snap election for a new parliament and government on Jan. 30.…
Continue Reading Navy fires 2 top officers of submarine damaged in collision
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says it fired the two senior officers of a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was damaged in an underwater collision…
Continue Reading Ex-jail employees sued for playing ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Three people are suing Oklahoma County jail employees who investigators found forced them to stand handcuffed for hours and…
Continue Reading No arm-twisting: Kerry says corporates back plan to cut CO2
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says a new project trumpeted by U.S. President Joe Biden in which…
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