Signs return to Tennessee statehouse grounds after judge blocks new House GOP rule
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Signs have returned to the Tennessee Capitol complex after a…
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Wisconsin Republicans ask newly elected liberal justice to not hear redistricting case
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have asked that the newest Democratic-backed…
Continue Reading Swiss police warn that heat wave raises danger of falling ice, rock in the Alps
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Police in southwest Switzerland are warning that a heat wave has increased the risk of falling rock…
Continue Reading Business tycoon Carlos Ghosn’s rise, fall and dramatic escape is subject of new Apple TV+ series
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace and fled authorities…
Continue Reading North Dakota Gov. Burgum will participate in the GOP primary debate stage after injuring leg
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Injured North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he plans to participate in the Republican presidential debate. The…
Continue Reading South Carolina’s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s newly all-male Supreme Court reversed course on…
Continue Reading Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro in hospital for routine exams
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is in hospital in Sao Paulo undergoing what a close aide describes…
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Public Enemy, Ice-T to headline free D.C. concerts, The National Celebration of Hip Hop
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop, the most popular genre in America, turns 50 this August. To celebrate this momentous…
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Jail where Trump will be booked in Georgia has long been plagued with violence
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The jail in Georgia where former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender on Thursday is…
Continue Reading Donald Trump seems inescapable but many Republicans embrace a campaign discussion without him
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican debate may hurt television ratings and…
Continue Reading Uffizi chief presses for harsh penalties for defacing of Vasari Corridor columns; police ID suspects
MILAN (AP) — The director of Florence’s Uffizi Galleries is calling for stiff penalties against vandals who spray-painted graffiti on the…
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Climate change may force more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation — at a steep cost
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem…
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Two people are in the hospital after an aggravated assault in Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two people are in the hospital following an aggravated assault in Central El Paso Wednesday morning. According to police,…
Continue Reading Kelce center of attention in offseason, center of Eagles run to Super Bowl this season
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Kelce has mixed fun and football like no one else for the Philadelphia Eagles. Kelce is a…
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Semi-truck jackknifes on I-10 eastbound
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — A semi-truck carrying a trailer with multiple vehicles jackknifed near Missouri exit on I-10 eastbound. According to first…
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Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has surrendered to authorities in Georgia to face an indictment alleging he acted as…
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Bear attacks 7-year-old boy in his suburban backyard
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a black bear attacked a 7-year-old boy outside his family’s home in suburban New York and sent the child to a…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Remnants of Tropical Storm Harold move through the Borderland
The ABC-7 First Alert continues for moderate to heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Harold. Rainfall could be heavy at times on Wednesday with some…
Continue Reading Germany is moving forward with a plan to ease its citizenship rules as it seeks to attract workers
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to ease rules for obtaining its citizenship under legislation approved by the Cabinet.…
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India makes historic uncrewed landing on the moon’s south pole
(CNN) — India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat. The mission…
Continue Reading Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schools
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition advocating for Native American people traumatized by an oppressive system of…
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Fire Department responds to fire in far east El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Department responded to a fire in far east El Paso Wednesday Morning. It happened on the neighborhood of…
Continue Reading Facebook’s parent company Meta and moderators suing it for $1.6 billion in Kenya agree to mediation
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and 184 of its content moderators who were based in…
Continue Reading Minnesota names first Black chief justice of state Supreme Court, Natalie Hudson
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has promoted Natalie Hudson to chief justice of the Minnesota…
Continue Reading Taliban prevents scores of Afghan women from studying abroad, scholarship group says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The chairman of a group that has offered scholarships to female Afghan students to study abroad says the Taliban have prevented…
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Union representing World Cup champion kissed by Spanish soccer head demands act not ‘go unpunished’
By DAVID BRUNAT and JOSEPH WILSON BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The players’ union representing the Women’s World Cup winner kissed without her…
Continue Reading Five high school students, from all over the country, have been named National Student Poets
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Five high school students from Florida to Utah have been selected as this year’s National…
Continue Reading Kosovo inaugurates ‘Wall of Honor’ statue for 23 Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust
By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — In Kosovo, a statue bearing the names of 23 Albanians who rescued…
Continue Reading Rescuers evacuate over 100,000 people from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province in 3 weeks
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say rescuers have evacuated more than 100,000 people from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province…
Continue Reading I was surprised when some of my student loans were canceled. Yours might be, too
By JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt per…
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