Houston officials pick internal review of Astroworld tragedy
HOUSTON (AP) — Calls for an independent investigation into what led to 10 deaths at the Astroworld music festival have gone unheeded. Houston-area…
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49ers win 1st home game in more than a year, 31-10 over Rams
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo threw two touchdown passes, Jimmie Ward returned one of his two…
Continue Reading Northwest Storm: ‘Devastating’ flood damage, 1 dead in BC
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — As parts of western Washington began drying out after an atmospheric river dumped days of…
Continue Reading Ohio retirement fund sues Facebook over investment loss
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s largest public employee pension fund has sued Facebook, alleging that it broke federal securities law by…
Continue Reading Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A call for protests has gone unheeded in Cuba as some of the organizers complain that…
Continue Reading 2nd fatal plane crash in 3 days kills 2 in northern Michigan
BOYNE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The second fatal plane crash in three days in northern Michigan has killed a pilot and his passenger. Authorities say…
Continue Reading Diners now have to ask for plastic utensils in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Customers at Los Angeles restaurants will only get plastic utensils and napkins if they ask for them, under a new ordinance…
Continue Reading North Korean leader praises efforts to build ‘model’ city
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has returned from a monthlong break from public view…
Continue Reading LA, Long Beach ports delay fines for backlogged cargo
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex will delay fining shipping companies that let cargo containers stack up at terminals.…
Continue Reading Chicago police union chief to retire amid board hearing
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The head of Chicago’s largest police union says he’ll retire from the department amid a disciplinary hearing…
Continue Reading Trump backs challenger over GOP Rep. Meijer in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed a primary challenger over first-term Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan, who was…
Continue Reading Deer runs into hospital, up escalator; later is euthanized
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A deer ran through the front door of a Louisiana hospital and climbed up an escalator before it was captured and later…
Continue Reading Audit: Governor improperly used COVID funds for salaries
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new state audit report on government spending accuses Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using…
Continue Reading Survey: Majority of Pacific islanders see corruption problem
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A new survey by an anti-graft watchdog group shows a majority of Pacific islanders think corruption…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How the Rittenhouse jury was narrowed
By SCOTT BAUER, TODD RICHMOND and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse played a direct role in choosing, albeit…
Continue Reading UN condemns arms supply to Somalia’s al-Shabab, keeps UN ban
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning the supply of weapons and ammunition to…
Continue Reading Attorney compares Rittenhouse shootings to Blake shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The man whose shooting by a Wisconsin police officer set off the street protests in Kenosha was rarely mentioned at Kyle…
Continue Reading 9 takeaways from Kyle Rittenhouse trial closings
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial sparred for the last time Monday in…
Continue Reading Maryland mayor charged with posting revenge porn on Reddit
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials say an Eastern Shore mayor has been charged with distributing revenge porn. The Office of the State…
Continue Reading Settlement bans coal storage in California city by 2027
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A private California port terminal that handles and stores coal from Utah before…
Continue Reading Correction: Kenosha Protest-Shootings-Judge story
CHICAGO (AP) — In a story published Nov. 15, 2021, about Judge Bruce Schroeder’s approach to jury instructions in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder…
Continue Reading Woman who won freedom from prison in 2011 dies of COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who won freedom from prison a decade ago after being convicted with her sister in a 1993 armed robbery in Mississippi…
Continue Reading Students disciplined after ‘slavery’ petition sue district
RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — Four students at a Kansas City school district who were disciplined after a petition to “Start Slavery Again” are…
Continue Reading Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second rebuke for her…
Continue Reading Bannon indictment defies history of Congress’ contempt power
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon’s appearance in federal court on contempt charges provides…
Continue Reading Navy officer guilty of hiding ties to Chinese businessman
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida-based U.S. Navy flight officer has been convicted of buying guns for a Chinese businessman who was later…
Continue Reading Police: Infant run over, killed after falling out car door
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas-area police are seeking information from the public after a rear passenger door opened on a car making a left turn,…
Continue Reading UN condemns attempts to discredit Iraq’s recent election
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning attempts to discredit Iraq’s election and…
Continue Reading No 3rd trial against federal agent in fatal Hawaii shooting
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney won’t seek a third trial against a federal…
Continue Reading 6 teens injured in drive-by shooting near Denver area school
By PATTY NIEBERG AP / Report for America AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police say six teenagers were wounded in a drive-by shooting in a park near a…
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