Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito has reported that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but…
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France’s new prime minister twice voted against gay rights and critics won’t let him forget it
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Critics have found a skeleton in the closet almost as soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister.…
Continue Reading Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny…
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris
Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he…
Continue Reading Tourists helicoptered down from Swiss mountain resort after mudslide cuts off road access
GENEVA (AP) — Helicopter crews ferried down scores of tourists stranded atop of one of Switzerland’s most popular mountain resorts on Friday…
Continue Reading Aaron Pierre is a star in the making. ‘Rebel Ridge’ shows you why
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Pierre is a star in the making, and Jeremy Saulnier’s new Netflix thriller, “Rebel Ridge,” shows…
Continue Reading Autopsy performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but cause not yet revealed
ATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy has been performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but his cause of death won’t be given until further tests are completed.…
Continue Reading A small plane from Iowa crashed in an Indiana cornfield, killing everyone onboard
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Police say a single-engine plane traveling from Iowa to Indiana has crashed in a central Indiana cornfield. Madison County…
Continue Reading Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of…
Continue Reading Mayor of Alabama’s capital becomes latest to try to limit GOP ‘permitless carry’ law
Associated Press/Report For America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of Alabama’s state capital has signed a local ordinance into law requiring…
Continue Reading Police say they arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to school in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police have arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to his school. According to local news outlets,…
Continue Reading Man arrested after making threats, assaulting women in downtown Louisville, Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting women and making “homicidal and suicidal…
Continue Reading 1 student dead after shooting in a Maryland high school dispute, police say
JOPPA, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a student at a Maryland high school has died after being shot by another student during a dispute in a bathroom…
Continue Reading North Carolina GOP leaders reach spending deal to clear private school voucher waitlist
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders announced on Friday that they reached a spending deal…
Continue Reading Watchdogs ask judge to remove from Utah ballots a measure that would boost lawmakers’ power
Associated Press Government watchdog groups in Utah are asking a judge to remove from November’s ballot a measure that would bolster…
Continue Reading A rare copy of the US Constitution went missing for centuries. Now it’s being auctioned for millions
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk.…
Continue Reading Oregon authorities identify victims who died in a small plane crash near Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have identified the three people who died in a small plane crash near Portland. The Multnomah County…
Continue Reading Black U.S. Paralympians hope to see a more diverse team in the future
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Gold medal-winning high jumper Roderick Townsend and U.S. flag bearer and sitting volleyball star Nicky Nieves took…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds conviction of former Capitol police officer who tried to help rioter
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman…
Continue Reading Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until after the November election, granting…
Continue Reading Connecticut pastor elected president of nation’s largest Black Protestant denomination
Associated Press A Connecticut pastor will be the new president of the largest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S., bringing to an end a…
Continue Reading Walz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for ‘all the right reasons’ while condemning Hamas
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said Thursday that those protesting American support for Israel’s war…
Continue Reading Police have upped their use of Maine’s ‘yellow flag’ law since the state’s deadliest mass shooting
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says there has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to…
Continue Reading Blinken visits Dominican Republic as talks with president focus on economy and Haiti’s crisis
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader have met behind…
Continue Reading Court puts Ohio House speaker back in control of GOP purse strings
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has returned control of Ohio House Republicans’ campaign purse strings to Speaker Jason…
Continue Reading A wish at Rome’s Trevi Fountain could soon cost more than the coin you toss
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain. The city’s top tourism…
Continue Reading Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery
Associated Press LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Although it has been nearly four years since hurricanes Laura and Delta decimated southwest Louisiana and…
Continue Reading Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global…
Continue Reading RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in his effort to get off ballots
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina…
Continue Reading Investigators say Wisconsin inmate killed his cellmate for being Black and gay
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Investigators in Wisconsin say an inmate serving time for trying to kill his mother killed his cellmate for…
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