UCLA can’t allow protesters to block Jewish students from campus, judge rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the University of California, Los Angeles, cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block…
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Houston’s former mayor is the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
HOUSTON (AP) — Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was picked Tuesday as the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson…
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Maui judge’s ruling bars insurers from going after defendants who agreed to $4B wildfire settlement
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui judge’s ruling resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement. Judge Peter…
Continue Reading More than 2,300 pounds of meth is found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market
FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) — Drug agents say that celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds of methamphetamines at a farmers market south of…
Continue Reading Guatemala police arrest member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s police have arrested a member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration for alleged campaign finance…
Continue Reading New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, unknowingly distributed candies…
Continue Reading US agency tasked with border security to pay $45 million over pregnancy discrimination, lawyers say
Associated Press Lawyers representing pregnant employees who worked for Customs and Border Protection say the agency is paying $45 million to settle…
Continue Reading Ex-NFL player gets prison time in death of 5-year-old girl in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former pro football player Cierre Wood has been sentenced to prison in the 2019 death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old…
Continue Reading Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change
Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse…
Continue Reading In Nebraska special session on taxes, some ideas to raise millions in revenue get little attention
Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have begun debate on a special session bill to ease soaring property taxes. The relief…
Continue Reading 2nd woman sentenced in straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer and wound another
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — An Indianapolis woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after taking part in the straw purchase of a handgun that was…
Continue Reading Auto workers union seeks NLRB investigation of Trump and Musk comments about firing striking workers
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald…
Continue Reading Connecticut Republicans tap restaurant owner Matt Corey to challenge Sen. Chris Murphy in a rematch
Associated Press Matt Corey, a Connecticut entrepreneur who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House and Senate in the past, has won the Republican…
Continue Reading Houston prosecutors find no evidence of efforts to sway 2022 elections but charge a county worker
Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An investigation found no evidence of intent to influence 2022 election outcomes in…
Continue Reading US Army soldier pleads guilty to selling sensitive military information
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An Army soldier has pleaded guilty to selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities.…
Continue Reading Maine regulators reject utility proposal to report suspected marijuana grow operations to police
Maine utility regulators have unanimously rejected an electric utility’s proposal to proactively report high consumption that signals an illicit…
Continue Reading Georgia officials say Kennedy, 2 others have signatures for presidential ballot as disputes remain
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia’s presidential ballot on…
Continue Reading Brazil’s air force flies the remains of 3 victims of last week’s plane crash to their families
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian air force plane has carried the remains of three of the 62 people killed in last week’s plane crash…
Continue Reading Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A local clerk failed to realize that new legislative maps moved a rural Wisconsin town into a new district,…
Continue Reading Walz launches 5-state fundraising blitz in LA, warns Trump will wage ‘war’ on working people
AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kicking off a five-state fundraising swing, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz warned a second…
Continue Reading Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, former House Democratic leader, is recovering from mild stroke
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the former House Democratic leader, is recovering after experiencing a mild stroke on Sunday.…
Continue Reading A journalist tells Mexico’s president his supporters attacked her; he reacts with scorn, disinterest
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A reporter told Mexico’s president that his supporters attacked her in public in June, and complained that his polarization of…
Continue Reading Death Valley’s scorching heat kills second man this summer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man died from overheating at Death Valley National Park after hiking on a day where temperatures reached nearly 120…
Continue Reading Family and friends of actor Johnny Wactor urge more action to find his killers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family and friends of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor are making a public plea for help in finding and…
Continue Reading December execution date set for man convicted of killing a young Missouri girl
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set a December execution date for Christopher Collings, an inmate convicted of raping and…
Continue Reading Hundreds able to return home after fleeing wildfire along California-Nevada line near Reno
Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of people have been allowed to return home after being forced to flee a wildfire west of Reno that also…
Continue Reading US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek detention for Pentagon employee charged with mishandling classified documents
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Defense Department civilian employee who is a U.S.-Turkish dual citizen can remain…
Continue Reading What we know about suspected Iranian cyber intrusion in the US presidential race
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has blamed Iran for a hack it said resulted in…
Continue Reading DNA investigation links California serial killer to 1986 killing of young woman near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long-unsolved 1986 killing of a young Southern California woman has been linked to a convicted serial killer who admitted…
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