Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; Cindy McCain, executive director of the World…
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Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year
By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023. The Legislature…
Continue Reading An inquiry found ‘factual disputes’ with allegations of Murdaugh trial tampering, prosecutors say
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors suggest that convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys…
Continue Reading A Colorado mountain tied to an 1864 massacre is renamed Mount Blue Sky
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Federal officials on Friday renamed a towering mountain southwest of Denver as part of a national…
Continue Reading Louisiana island town to repeal ordinance, let driver fly vulgar anti-Biden flag
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A resort island town on the Louisiana coast has agreed to repeal an anti-obscenity ordinance…
Continue Reading Biden aims to beef up safeguards for government workers as GOP hopefuls vow to slash workforce
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps meant to strengthen protections for government…
Continue Reading Kansas will no longer change trans people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities
By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth…
Continue Reading Michigan man cleared of killing 2 hunters to get $1 million for wrongful convictions
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.03 million to a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for…
Continue Reading Biden set for busy week of foreign policy, including talks with Brazil, Israel and Ukraine leaders
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a busy foreign policy agenda next week. Biden will deliver his address…
Continue Reading Court sentences main suspects in Belgium’s deadliest peacetime attack to 20-year to life terms
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian court has sentenced five men to sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison on charges of terrorist murder linked…
Continue Reading In San Francisco, Kenya’s president woos American tech companies despite increasing taxes at home
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly…
Continue Reading Outrage boils in Seattle and in India over death of a student and an officer’s callous remarks
By MANUEL VALDES and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Outrage grew Friday over a Seattle police officer’s remark that the life…
Continue Reading Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six Democratic governors are warning the Biden administration that offshore wind…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek narrow gag order on Trump in federal election case after ‘inflammatory’ comments
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking an order that would prevent Donald Trump from making…
Continue Reading Lawsuit alleges sexual assault during Virginia Military Institute overnight open house
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A prospective student’s lawsuit alleges that a Virginia Military Institute cadet sexually assaulted her during an…
Continue Reading UN calls for more fairness for developing nations at a G77 summit in Cuba
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is calling for nations to build a world that is more fair for developing countries, as he…
Continue Reading Jeezy files for divorce from Jeannie Mai after 2 years of marriage
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Jeezy has filed for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai after two years of marriage.…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday narrowed an order that broadly suspended the…
Continue Reading Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman separate after 27 years of marriage
NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman have decided to end their marriage after 27 years and two children. “We have been blessed to…
Continue Reading New York City mayor gives Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a key to the city during a ceremony in Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs receives the key to New York City. Mayor Eric Adams presented a giant key to the entertainer on Friday in…
Continue Reading Tucker Carlson erupts into Argentina’s presidential campaign with Javier Milei interview
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentinian candidate Javier Milei has railed against socialism and praised Donald…
Continue Reading At the request of Baghdad, UN will end in 1 year its probe of Islamic State extremists in Iraq
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council has voted unanimously to end, a year from now, a U.N. probe into…
Continue Reading US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more…
Continue Reading Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville metro councilmember Freddie O’Connell has resoundingly won the race to…
Continue Reading Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A Connecticut city alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6,…
Continue Reading British neonatal nurse found guilty of murdering 7 babies launches bid to appeal her convictions
LONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has launched a bid to…
Continue Reading Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials say they have moved juvenile detainees from a former death row building at…
Continue Reading Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says ‘record profits’ should be shared
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the…
Continue Reading Alaska lawmaker’s husband was flying meat from hunting camp when crash occurred, authorities say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The plane flown by the husband of Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola was carrying a load of moose meat from a remote hunting…
Continue Reading Donald Trump isn’t backing a national abortion ban. That’s not hurting him in the GOP primary
By WILL WEISSERT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican…
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