US can continue using Seattle airport for deportation flights, appeals court says
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for…
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Namibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for the ruling party
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of…
Continue Reading Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a…
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Search extends into the night for Pennsylvania woman who may have fallen into sinkhole
Associated Press A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western…
Continue Reading What happened to Hannah Kobayashi? Police say the Hawaii woman voluntarily disappeared
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles three weeks ago voluntarily traveled to…
Continue Reading Trial begins in the killing of an Ole Miss student who was known in the local LGBTQ+ community
Associated Press A trial has begun for a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+…
Continue Reading Transgender powerlifter asks Minnesota Supreme Court to let her compete in women’s events
Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for a transgender athlete have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to allow her to compete in the…
Continue Reading California man charged with shipping weapons to North Korea
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man has been charged with illegally shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea. Federal…
Continue Reading ‘The Brutalist’ tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Carol Kane, Adrien Brody win acting prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Corbet’s 3 1/2-hour postwar epic “The Brutalist” won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while…
Continue Reading Global warming fills New England’s rich waters with death traps for endangered sea turtles
Associated Press QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number…
Continue Reading Ex-New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping in sexual abuse case ahead of trial
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in…
Continue Reading What to know about martial law and the impeachment vote threatening South Korea’s president
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law nearly a…
Continue Reading US closes investigation into E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
Associated Press Writers The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations begin in veteran Daniel Penny’s trial over using chokehold on Jordan Neely
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors have started deliberating in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue…
Continue Reading GM adds over 132,000 heavy duty pickups to recall for tailgates that can open unexpectedly
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can…
Continue Reading New women’s baseball league names 97-year-old AAGPBL alum honorary chair on advisory board
AP Sports Writer Former baseball pitcher Maybelle Blair will be an honorary chair on the advisory board of the Women’s Professional Baseball…
Continue Reading An Israeli strike kills a person in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire
Associated Press NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several drone and…
Continue Reading Secret Service agent fired at suspects outside of Janet Yellen’s house in Washington DC
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury…
Continue Reading Goodell speaks to Congress about the security issue of drones on NFL game days, AP source says
AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the meeting says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has met with congressional leaders to speak to them…
Continue Reading Iowa sues Biden administration for citizenship status of over 2,000 registered voters
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are suing the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of…
Continue Reading Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over…
Continue Reading Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden gun case terminated after President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge formally terminated the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the…
Continue Reading Jay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ immersive New York exhibit lives up to its name and becomes a book
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z’s popular exhibit “The Book of Hov” in New York is about to live up to its name by becoming…
Continue Reading Lawmakers in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia reject encouraging Russian investment
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Lawmakers in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday rejected a bill offering privileges to Russian investors…
Continue Reading Tiger Woods has no firm answers on a deal with Saudis or his future as a player
AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future…
Continue Reading What to know about Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law for public workers
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for…
Continue Reading ‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024’s most notable quotations
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift tops a list of 2024’s most notable quotations compiled by Yale University,…
Continue Reading Israeli American soldier killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack remembered at New York memorial service
Associated Press SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Jewish community is mourning the death of a young Israeli American soldier who Israeli authorities…
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