Third channel to open at Baltimore port as recovery from bridge collapse continues
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland senator says a third channel will open this month at Baltimore’s port after the…
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Company that made millions of defective sleep apnea machines ordered to overhaul manufacturing
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines is now legally barred…
Continue Reading House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson will delay sending the House’s articles of…
Continue Reading U.S. announces $138 million in emergency military sales of Hawk missile systems support for Ukraine
By TARA COPP and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has greenlighted an emergency $138 million in foreign military…
Continue Reading Steak, cherry blossoms and Paul Simon will be featured at the White House state dinner for Japan
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and Paul Simon will be features of a White House state…
Continue Reading Colombian prosecutors say former President Uribe will face trial in witness tampering probe
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian prosecutors say they will call former President Álvaro Uribe to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery of…
Continue Reading Former assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher
By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been…
Continue Reading Vermont driver is charged with aggravated murder in fatal crash that killed a police officer
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A Vermont man accused of killing a 19-year-old police officer in a head-on crash during a pursuit in Rutland last…
Continue Reading Spanish parliament will consider a bill to grant residency to undocumented immigrants
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s parliament has agreed to consider a proposal that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands…
Continue Reading 2-time All-Star Ja Morant acted in self-defense during pickup game fight, judge says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant acted in self-defense when a teenager accused the two-time NBA All-Star of punching him during a pickup game at the…
Continue Reading Evers vetoes a Republican-backed bill targeting PFAS chemicals
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican bill Tuesday that would have created grants to…
Continue Reading Oklahoma judge orders Kansas City Chiefs superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ to pay $10.8M to bank teller
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge ordered a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” who…
Continue Reading Medical care and supplies are scarce as gang violence chokes Haiti’s capital
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti’s capital, forcing aid…
Continue Reading Sister of Maine mass shooting victim calls lawmakers’ 11th-hour bid for red flag law ‘nefarious’
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is accusing…
Continue Reading Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop
By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds…
Continue Reading Transgender inclusion? World’s major religions take varying stances on policies toward trans people
By DEEPA BHARATH, DAVID CRARY and MARIAM FAM Associated Press The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s…
Continue Reading Florida woman is sentenced to a month in jail for selling Biden’s daughter’s diary
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida mother has been sentenced to a month in prison and three months of home confinement…
Continue Reading At movie industry convention, leaders say blockbusters alone aren’t enough
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Movie theater owners who gathered in Las Vegas this week for the annual CinemaCon convention and…
Continue Reading ‘Civil War’ might be the year’s most explosive movie. Alex Garland thinks it’s just reporting
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Garland’s films have vividly conjured a virus-caused pandemic (2002’s “28 Days…
Continue Reading Mexico releases video of Ecuador’s raid on its embassy
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has released security camera video of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy,…
Continue Reading Democrats pounce on Arizona abortion ruling and say it could help them in November’s election
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats pounced Tuesday on an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that permits enforcement of an…
Continue Reading Luke Combs leads the 2024 ACM Awards nominations, followed by Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Luke Combs leads the nominees for the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to his name, it was…
Continue Reading Prosecutors say evidence was suppressed in case of Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally…
Continue Reading Kenyan hospital lays off 100 striking doctors as nationwide strike nears a month
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who are taking…
Continue Reading How effective are California’s homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn’t kept track well
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over…
Continue Reading Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical
By PATRICK WHITTLE and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New…
Continue Reading Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages…
Continue Reading Clark Effect: Ratings and attendance boost could be on way for WNBA
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The basketball world can’t get enough of Caitlin Clark and now that the college season is…
Continue Reading Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle,’ dies at 94
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter…
Continue Reading New York doctor dies after falling out of moving trailer while headed upstate to see the eclipse
BROWNVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a Long Island doctor who was headed to upstate New York to see the solar eclipse with her family fell out…
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