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By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known

By WILL WEISSERT and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday’s White House state dinner honoring Kenyan President William Ruto offered hundreds of guests some stunning D.C. views, a knockout menu and a healthy dose of celebrity star power. Country singer Brad Paisley performed his hits “American Saturday Night” and “This is Country Music.”

By KEN MILLER Associated Press Recently unsealed court documents say the bodies of two Kansas women who disappeared in Oklahoma were found in a buried freezer. The documents filed May 15 say the bodies of 27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jilian Kelley, both of Hugoton, Kansas, were found April 14 buried on land rented by

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut court on Thursday overturned a six-month suspension given to a lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for improperly giving Jones’ Texas attorneys confidential documents, including the medical records of relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The state Appellate Court ruled that a judge incorrectly found

MILAN (AP) — A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome has been unveiled in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed permanently following restoration. The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, charged with preserving the landmark cathedral, called the discovery of the terracotta bust

PARIS (AP) — Catch up on the 2024 French Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about what happened at the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the early Wimbledon betting odds are and more: What Happened on Sunday? Carlos Alcaraz won his first French Open title and third Grand

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early Monday surrounded by family. It said his life’s mission was “to share God’s gift of love with the world.” No details

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday suspended its search for three people missing after their boat capsized in a Gulf of Alaska bay. The Coast Guard said a distress call was received Wednesday morning from a boat southwest of Seward. An alert was sent to nearby boats, and a Coast Guard

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving “corrective action” for failing to have his body-worn camera activated when he approached the golfer’s vehicle — an interaction that allegedly resulted in the officer being dragged to the ground,

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. But for people such as Manuel Castañeda Jr., the day

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has joined a growing list of states that plan to count prisoners at their home addresses instead of at the prisons they’re located when drawing new political districts. Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz last week signed legislation that says last known addresses will be used for counting inmates, not

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans again blocked a bill meant to clamp down on the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought Thursday to underscore GOP resistance to the proposal. The legislation, negotiated

By HOLLY RAMER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire Democratic Party chair whose phone number was spoofed in artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice ahead of New Hampshire’s presidential primary says today’s charges related to the case show the steep price for trying to interfere in

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A man has been found fit to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others during a series of frenzied attacks in northern Illinois in March. A judge had ordered a psychiatric evaluation in April for 22-year-old Christian Soto. He is accused of stabbing, beating or driving

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The federal government agreed to a $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Residents were generally underwhelmed by the deal the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced Thursday, two days after a federal judge signed off on the railroad’s $600 million

Associated Press Nvidia’s stock price has more than doubled this year after more than tripling in 2023 and it’s now the third most valuable company in the S&P 500. The stock rose again Monday after it announced new technology and plans to advance artificial intelligence, or AI, applications. The chipmaker has seen soaring demand for

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge will decide the fate of a man who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, following two days of testimony. Christopher Dunn was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1990 shooting death of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers. St. Louis

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and MARIA VERZA Associated Press Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees. Meteorologists say the conditions have been caused by what some refer to

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is taking the biggest gamble of his political life by calling a general election for July 4. He could have waited until January next year. Sunak will be hoping that calmer economic conditions will be rewarded at the ballot box. Sunak became

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. In dissent, liberal justices warned that the court was insulating states from claims of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. In a 6-3

By The Associated Press The menu for the state dinner at the White House honoring Kenya starts with a chilled tomato soup and ends with a white chocolate basket of fruit. White House executive chef Cris Comerford says the main course is a “best of both worlds” combination of smoked beef short ribs and butter-poached

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina. There’s an 85% chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America and asking a court to break up the system that squelches competition and drives up prices for fans. Filed in federal

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad has sworn in Mahamat Deby Itno as the president on Thursday after holding elections earlier this month, completing a disputed transition to democratic rule after he seized power three years ago. Deby Itno took power after his father, who ruled the country for three decades,

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project. Work on it was suspended more than a decade ago after protests over its possible impact on the environment. A notice from the Information Ministry published in the latest issue of the

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa. (AP) — The struggle starts early in the Hammanskraal area of South Africa as people queue some mornings to fill buckets with water from a tank provided by an aid agency. This is not a distant, rural community, but a township on the edge of the administrative

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer The Stones will roll through the Ozarks this summer. The Rolling Stones announced Thursday that at the end of their Hackney Diamonds tour they will play the brand new Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri. The pristine, amphitheater surrounded by nothing but nature is the dream creation of

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A woman in Denmark did not have her human rights violated when she was not given vegan food by a hospital when hospitalized two years ago. The Vegetarian Society of Denmark had sued on behalf of the woman, saying that her vegan belief was protected by the European Court of Human

By BRIAN AROLA, CNHI News MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Many Americans are unprepared for what can be an emotional, costly and guilt-inducing process of finding long-term care for a loved one. Advance planning can help. But an AP-NORC poll in 2021 found most Americans don’t discuss the possibility of long-term care, let alone prepare for

By TARA COPP and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. officials say the Biden administration is expected to announce an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine on Friday. It comes as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region. This will be the fourth installment