Deputies fatally shoot machete-wielding man inside California supermarket
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies say they shot and killed a man armed with two machetes after he charged at…
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Prosecutor: Man accused of killing 2 Alaska Native women recorded images of both victims
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man accused of murdering two Alaska Native women recorded images of both of his…
Continue Reading GM’s troubled robotaxi service faces another round of public ridicule in regulatoryhearing
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer General Motors’ troubled robotaxi service Cruise has endured a public lashing from a California judge. The…
Continue Reading RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed stepping down, AP sources say. But no decision has been made
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed the…
Continue Reading Hyenas kill 1 person and injure 2 near Kenyan university, where students say they don’t feel safe
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marauding hyenas have killed a man and wounded two people near a university outside the Kenyan…
Continue Reading Annette Bening honored as Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has honored Annette Bening as its 2024…
Continue Reading Ballots without barcodes pushed by Georgia GOP in election-law blitz aimed at Trump supporters
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators have passed a bill to remove barcodes from ballots. The measure would mandate that…
Continue Reading Former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder testifies that the man he shot brandished gun
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio sheriff’s deputy testified in a murder trial…
Continue Reading Jam Master Jay’s business partner says he grabbed a gun and sought whoever had killed the rap star
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Rap legend Jam Master Jay lay, mortally wounded, on his studio floor. One of his aides was in pain from a gunshot…
Continue Reading Azerbaijan’s Aliyev appears headed to a landslide win in election called after retaking Karabakh
By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Preliminary results of Azerbaijan’s presidential elections show incumbent Ilham Aliyev…
Continue Reading Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 500 mudslides. Half of downtown Los Angeles’ yearly rainfall in just three days. A wind gust of 102 mph (164 kph).…
Continue Reading Aid package for Israel fails in the House, dealing another setback to GOP leaders
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to provide Israel with more military aid went down to defeat Tuesday in the House,…
Continue Reading Witness testifies accused killer pressured him to destroy evidence in Jennifer Dulos murder case
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A witness has testified that the estranged husband of Connecticut mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos pressured him to get…
Continue Reading Israel arrests Palestinian-American woman in the West Bank. Her relatives don’t know where she is
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces have arrested a 46-year-old Palestinian-American woman after breaking…
Continue Reading Teachers’ union-backed group suing to stop tax money for A’s stadium plan in Las Vegas
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teachers’ union political group has filed a second legal effort to block taxpayer funds from…
Continue Reading A bill that would allow armed teachers in Nebraska schools prompts emotional testimony
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Nebraska’s Education Committee is considering a bill that would allow teachers and other staff in schools…
Continue Reading A teenage worker died in a poultry plant. His mother is suing the companies that hired him
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a…
Continue Reading UN envoy warns more attacks on Iraq threaten its hard-won stability
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq’s government is focused on avoiding a domestic or regional spillover of the…
Continue Reading How an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A couple of major earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent weeks have raised concerns after years of…
Continue Reading ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery are planning a sports streaming platform in the fall
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that…
Continue Reading Former top prosecutor for Baltimore convicted of mortgage fraud
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been convicted on one count of mortgage fraud for lying on a loan…
Continue Reading Former Audubon group changes name to ‘Bird Alliance of Oregon’
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Audubon has changed its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon,” in the latest example of a local chapter to…
Continue Reading Fans raise a red Solo cup to honor Toby Keith, who immortalized the humble cup in song
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Red Solo cups – a staple of barbecues and beer pong – are usually synonymous with good times. But on…
Continue Reading Opinion piece about Detroit suburb is ‘racist and Islamophobic,’ Democrats say
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital” is being…
Continue Reading Mud and debris are flowing down hillsides across California. What causes the slides?
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When rainstorms like this week’s powerful atmospheric river hit California, the earth begins…
Continue Reading 16-year-old suspect in Juneteenth shooting that hurt 6 sent to adult court
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has waived to adult court a 16-year-old boy charged in a shooting after a Juneteenth celebration last year that left six…
Continue Reading Bank plans to auction posh property owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to repay loans
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more longstanding unpaid business loans to the…
Continue Reading Pentagon believes it has identified problem behind Osprey crash that killed 8 Air Force crew members
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon believes it has identified the mechanical failure in an Osprey aircraft that led to a…
Continue Reading Actor Gina Carano sues Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from ‘The Mandalorian’
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Gina Carano on Tuesday sued Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her…
Continue Reading A booming bourbon industry has Kentucky leaders toasting record growth
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the Kentucky Capitol steps to…
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