How to keep guns off Bourbon Street? Designate a police station as a school
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials say they will designate a police station in the city’s historic French Quarter as a…
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José Raúl Mulino sworn in as Panama’s new president, promises to stop migration through Darien Gap
Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — José Raúl Mulino has been sworn in as Panama’s next president, facing pressure to slow migration through…
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Under the Boardwalk officials vow to address homelessness in Atlantic City
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City is making an effort to address its homeless population, offering help even while vowing…
Continue Reading Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly…
Continue Reading Campus carry weapons law debuts in West Virginia, joins 11 other states
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People with concealed carry permits can possess firearms on West Virginia public college and university…
Continue Reading Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a “king above the law,” in the use of official power,…
Continue Reading BET says ‘audio malfunction’ caused heavy censorship of Usher’s speech at the 2024 BET Awards
AP Music Writer Usher’s acceptance speech of the BET Awards’ lifetime achievement award was heartfelt, occasionally profane and lengthy…
Continue Reading Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted…
Continue Reading After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from…
Continue Reading Wildfire forces Alaska’s Denali National Park to temporarily close entrance
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve has forced the temporary…
Continue Reading The Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again
Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors say they intend to retry Karen Read on charges that she killed her Boston police officer…
Continue Reading Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insists Biden can win her state and says she’s behind him 100%
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is insisting that President Joe Biden can still win her state, a key…
Continue Reading Chinese woman facing charge of trying to smuggle turtles across Vermont lake to Canada
Associated Press Border Patrol agents say a woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern…
Continue Reading Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners are being sued over a policy adopted for this…
Continue Reading Armed bicyclist killed in Iowa shooting that wounded 2 police officers, investigators say
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say police in Waterloo, Iowa, were responding to a report of a bicyclist with a gun in an incident that ended…
Continue Reading Stolen at birth, an adoptee sues Chile over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes
Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean-American raised in the United States has filed a criminal complaint against the state of Chile…
Continue Reading UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not a recognition of their government, official says
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N official says a U.N.-led meeting held in Qatar with the Taliban on increasing engagement with Afghanistan…
Continue Reading ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs’ July Fourth dread
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Rori Chang will be spending Fourth of July watching action movies from the comfort of her Glendale, Arizona, home,…
Continue Reading Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the parent of DVD rental operator Redbox, has filed for Chapter 11…
Continue Reading What we know about the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in upstate New York
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police in upstate New York have shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after they say he fled from officers and pointed…
Continue Reading Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, saying their governments…
Continue Reading At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political…
Continue Reading 6 people killed in Wisconsin house fire
NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Wisconsin has killed six family members. Early indications are that the blaze was accidental.…
Continue Reading White Nebraska man shoots and wounds 7 Guatemalan immigrant neighbors
CRETE, Neb. (AP) — A white Nebraska man described as reclusive and confrontational shot and wounded seven neighbors who are Guatemalan immigrants,…
Continue Reading World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe visits Ukraine and invites Zelenskyy to Olympic track meet
AP National Writer World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe visited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv over the weekend. He reiterated his…
Continue Reading Hunger grips Yemen even more. The UN says more than half of households aren’t eating enough
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations food agency says more than half of households in Yemen are not eating enough due to poor economic…
Continue Reading Biden spent the weekend rallying Democrats and retreating with family after poor debate performance
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has had the kind of weekend on which history pivots. He has tried to stabilize his campaign after a…
Continue Reading Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system have delivered hundreds of…
Continue Reading Stingray that got pregnant despite no male companion has died, aquarium says
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stingray that got pregnant at a North Carolina aquarium this winter despite not having shared a tank with a male of…
Continue Reading What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case…
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