Supporters of reparations for Black residents urge San Francisco to push forward
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to urge supervisors to act…
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El Salvador’s leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the United Nations…
Continue Reading UNGA Briefing: Security Council, climate summit and what else is going on at the United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New…
Continue Reading Some Virginia Democrats say livestreamed sex acts a distraction from election’s real stakes
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More Virginia Democrats are beginning to cast the controversy surrounding a legislative…
Continue Reading Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With deadly extreme weather hitting all over the globe, rising temperatures…
Continue Reading New Mexico official orders insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top insurance regulator on Tuesday ordered health insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral…
Continue Reading Teens in Las Vegas face murder charges as adults for hit-and-run they captured on video, police say
By KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two teenagers in Las Vegas have been arrested and face murder charges as adults in a…
Continue Reading Arguments to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried get rough reception from federal appeals panel
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in Manhattan seems unreceptive to arguments that FTX founder Sam…
Continue Reading Indiana US Senate candidate files suit challenging law that may keep him off the ballot
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An egg farmer seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 has filed a lawsuit challenging…
Continue Reading California truck drivers ask Gov. Newsom to sign job-saving bill as self-driving big rigs are tested
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to…
Continue Reading Actor Bijou Phillips files for divorce from Danny Masterson after rape convictions
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson, days after the former…
Continue Reading North Carolina House approves election board takeover ahead of 2024
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican effort to shift control of the North Carolina State…
Continue Reading Witness said man was punched before he died at a New England Patriots game
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A man who died at a New England Patriots home game last weekend was punched at least twice in the head during a fight in the…
Continue Reading Colombian leader summons intense oratory for a bleak warning: that humanity is making itself extinct
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has delivered an ominous prophecy with grandiose language.…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s opposition appeals election verdict, asks court to sack president
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main opposition candidates in this year’s presidential election appealed a…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden to plead not guilty to firearms charges
LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Hunter Biden will plead not guilty to federal firearms charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal in a…
Continue Reading Colombia announces cease-fire with a group that split off from the FARC rebels
By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s last remaining rebel groups have announced that they…
Continue Reading Video shows high school band director shocked with stun gun, arrested after refusing to stop music
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers…
Continue Reading Mexican railway operator halts trains because so many migrants are climbing aboard and getting hurt
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican railway operator announced Tuesday it is temporarily suspending train runs…
Continue Reading Ohtani has elbow surgery. His doctor expects hitting return by opening day ’24 and pitching by ’25
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani had elbow surgery Tuesday, and his doctor said…
Continue Reading Suspect in University of North Carolina shooting is not competent for trial, his attorneys say
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a University of North Carolina graduate student say he is not competent to stand trial in the killing of…
Continue Reading Pilot of downed F-35 stealth fighter jet parachuted into residential backyard, official says
By JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The pilot of a $100 million stealth fighter jet parachuted safely…
Continue Reading Deion Sanders condemns death threats against player whose late hit left Hunter with lacerated liver
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received…
Continue Reading Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democrats have taken their legal fight to the state’s highest court in…
Continue Reading Adnan Syed calls for investigation into prosecutorial misconduct on protracted legal case
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed is talking about his protracted legal case, a year after he was released from…
Continue Reading Prosecutor begins to review whether Minnesota trooper’s shooting of Black man was justified
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press An investigation into a Minnesota trooper fatally shooting a Black man has wrapped up and now it is up to…
Continue Reading Census Bureau wants to test asking about sexual orientation and gender identity on biggest survey
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual…
Continue Reading Groups say philanthropists trying to boost local news shouldn’t leave minorities behind
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Organizations representing minority journalists say they’re worried that a recently-announced…
Continue Reading West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions…
Continue Reading Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one…
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