Charles Fried, former US solicitor general and Harvard law professor, has died
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Charles Fried, a former U.S. solicitor general and conservative legal scholar who taught at Harvard…
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against Ocean casino in COVID business interruption case
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Here’s a rare case of a casino losing. Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort…
Continue Reading Biden extends State of the Union invitation to a Texas woman who sued to get an abortion and lost
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have extended an invitation to attend the State of…
Continue Reading A Republican leader in the Colorado House says he’ll step down after a DUI arrest came to light
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republican state Rep. Mike Lynch announced he’s stepping down as…
Continue Reading Cease-fire efforts for Israel-Hamas war gain steam. But an agreement still appears elusive
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press Efforts to reach a new cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. Egyptian and U.S. officials…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia opens its first liquor store in over 70 years as kingdom further liberalizes
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A liquor store has opened in Saudi Arabia for the first time in over 70 years, a diplomat…
Continue Reading Voter turnout in 2024 New Hampshire GOP primary eclipses record
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More people cast votes in Tuesday’s contest between former President Donald Trump and former…
Continue Reading More than 70 are dead after an unregulated gold mine collapsed in Mali, an official says
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An official in Mali says that more than 70 people have been killed after an unregulated gold…
Continue Reading Vatican tribunal rejects auditor’s wrongful termination lawsuit in a case that exposed dirty laundry
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican tribunal has rejected a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the Holy See’s former…
Continue Reading Argentina’s president faces 1-day general strike as foes seek to derail his austerity agenda
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei faced a one-day…
Continue Reading Five players from 2018 Canada world junior team take leave of absence from their clubs
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in…
Continue Reading Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
BY FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe…
Continue Reading Heavy rains soak Texas and close schools as downpours continue drenching parts of the US
HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours…
Continue Reading Oklahoma superintendent faces blowback for putting Libs of TikTok creator on library panel
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Republican superintendent of public schools is facing bipartisan…
Continue Reading New Jersey OKs two new offshore wind farms that would be farther from shore and beachgoers’ view
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off…
Continue Reading Algerian opposition parties call for a political dialogue in presidential election year
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The election year has begun in Algeria and both those in power and those in the opposition are quietly making moves as…
Continue Reading Who are No Labels’ donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the centrist group No Labels has stockpiled cash and…
Continue Reading New York Philharmonic will play excerpts from ‘Maestro,’ with Bradley Cooper conversation to follow
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts of music from the Academy Award-nominated “Maestro” on the life of former music…
Continue Reading Zero-emission goal still eludes the EU, where most cars emit the same CO2 levels as 12 years ago
BRUSSELS (AP) — Most passenger cars in the European Union still emit the same quantity of carbon dioxide as 12 years ago. The European Court of…
Continue Reading The primaries have just begun. But Trump and Biden are already shifting to a November mindset
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural Republican primaries over the span…
Continue Reading Oahu’s historic homes offer a slice of history and a sense of place
By KRISTINA LINNEA GARCIA Associated Press Hawaii is hard on building preservationists. Development and other pressures have reduced the number of…
Continue Reading British billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty in insider trading case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club,…
Continue Reading Tanzania’s main opposition party holds first major protest in several years, after ban was lifted
By PETER SARAMBA Associated Press DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Tanzania’s main opposition party have marched in the…
Continue Reading Guatemala’s embattled attorney general says she will not step down
Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemala attorney general leading efforts to prosecute President Bernardo Arévalo and his party is…
Continue Reading Greece faces growing opposition from the Orthodox Church over plans to legalize same-sex marriage
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government is speeding up its timetable to legalize same-sex…
Continue Reading North Carolina authorizes online sports betting to begin on eve of men’s ACC basketball tournament
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legal online sports betting in North Carolina is poised to begin in March on the eve of…
Continue Reading Jon Stewart will return to ‘The Daily Show’ as host — just on Mondays
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Jon Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to “The Daily Show” as a weekly…
Continue Reading A US scientist has brewed up a storm by offering Britain advice on making tea
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American scientist has sparked a trans-Atlantic tempest in a teapot by offering Britain advice on…
Continue Reading Wisconsin’s Democratic governor promises to veto last-ditch Republican redistricting effort
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto a redistricting proposal that the…
Continue Reading Indie rocker Ty Segall loves being loud and prolific. But he’s trying to be less of both
By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a rock star, Ty Segall may come across as surprisingly unassuming and demure. Perhaps even…
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