
California lawmakers vote to become first state to ban caste-based discrimination
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste. California would…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste. California would…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico’s largest metro area are taking over all cases involving retail theft including small-scale…
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press Two nonprofit groups have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, accusing it of racial intimidation. The…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses nine mobile home community management companies and a mobile home market data provider…
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by eliminating 2017 French…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner on Tuesday after four years of marriage and two children. The 34-year-old Jonas…
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man who killed six members of a Nebraska family nearly 50 years ago has died after complaining about chest pain. Erwin…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden turned up in a mask for the first time in months on Tuesday, a day after his…
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, ALaska (AP) — A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police department has agreed to establish new protocols intended to safeguard…
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil say at least 21 people have died due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities in the…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Lee formed Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean and was forecast to become a major hurricane as it approaches…
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders wants his players reading all those stories about how good they are. He wants…
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has released $125 million from its emergency relief fund to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in…
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials in Las Vegas have approved a plan for a permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission has begun designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota. They depict…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A Swiss parliamentary commission has voted to urge the government to systematically expel Russian and other spies who threaten…
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado moved into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Tuesday…
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta has allowed Georgia to resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A business dispute that has pulled ESPN and other Disney-owned companies off the air for nearly 15…
Continue ReadingMONTPELIER Gov. Phil Scott says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Vermont a natural disaster area from the catastrophic July…
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s prosecutor for electoral crimes has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voting-rights groups want to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio’s…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Shabtai Shavit, the Israeli spymaster who was credited with advancing Israel’s historic peace treaty with Jordan during his…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s Commission is reshuffling more of its top management because antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager of Denmark…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Fall is coming, and so are the movies. OK, not all the movies. Some of them, like “Dune: Part Two,” have been postponed…
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president banned citizens from renewing their passports while staying abroad, which could force…
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee suburb is finally set to start pulling millions of gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan after years of…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball has opened an investigation into Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías…
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