Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme…
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Daughter and her best friends ‘are all gone now,’ dad says
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Jacklyn Cazares hadn’t yet reached her 10th birthday, but she was…
Continue Reading Gunman’s final 90 minutes fuel questions about police delays
By JAKE BLEIBERG, JIM VERTUNO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — It was 11:28 a.m. when the Ford pickup slammed into a ditch…
Continue Reading Mitch Garver, Kole Calhoun HRs lead Texas past Angels 7-2
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Any pitching staff that forces Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani to go 0 for 7 with a combined…
Continue Reading Graham slams Oklahoma past West Virginia in Big 12 tourney
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Peyton Graham hit a grand slam to cap a five-run second inning and No. 3 seed Oklahoma turned back No. 6 seed West Virginia…
Continue Reading US Census Bureau: Big city losses early in COVID pandemic
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to…
Continue Reading States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings
By RACHEL LA CORTE and ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage…
Continue Reading Gurriel helps Astros beat Guardians 2-1 to win series
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Another solid pitching performance paired with just enough offense helped the Houston Astros beat…
Continue Reading White hits 3 HRs, NC State tops Miami, advances to ACC semis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Tommy White hit three home runs — the last of which broke N.C. State’s program record — and the Wolfpack…
Continue Reading Carter sparks Texas Tech past K-State 5-3 in Big 12 tourney
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dillon Carter’s two-run triple proved to be the difference as No. 2 seed Texas Tech jumped out to an early lead and…
Continue Reading Angry Newsom criticizes Texas governor, US judges on guns
By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday harshly criticized Texas Gov.…
Continue Reading Oklahoma governor signs the nation’s strictest abortion ban
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban,…
Continue Reading Texas school shooting hits ‘close to home’ for Rays pitcher
By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was especially disturbing for Tampa Bay…
Continue Reading Boeing capsule lands back on Earth after space shakedown
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s crew taxi returned to Earth from the International Space Station on…
Continue Reading Texas court spares man who killed girl, 11, from execution
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old Fort Worth girl be…
Continue Reading PGA champ Thomas not alone in going to Colonial from Tulsa
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Justin Thomas made the 300-mile trip south to Colonial the day after winning the PGA…
Continue Reading ‘Horrifying’ conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting
By DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — By now it’s as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A…
Continue Reading Texas massacre casts shadow over hearing for ATF pick
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Less than a day after a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, a…
Continue Reading COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As the nation marked 1 million deaths from COVID-19 last week, the milestone was…
Continue Reading Infrastructure plan: $33M to clean up hundreds of oil wells
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About $33 million of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan recently signed into…
Continue Reading Texas bar association sues to punish state Attorney General Ken Paxton over his failed effort to overturn 2020 election
DALLAS (AP) — Texas bar association sues to punish state Attorney General Ken Paxton over his failed effort to overturn 2020…
Continue Reading Top-seeded TCU gets past Baylor for 8th straight victory
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kurtis Byrne capped a two-run eighth inning with an RBI single and top-seeded TCU rallied past No. 8 seed Baylor 4-2 on…
Continue Reading Watson on field with Browns as legal storm swirls around QB
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson was impossible to miss in his orange jersey, pants and helmet — the one with…
Continue Reading ‘I’ve got to dig deep’: Texas shooting tests Newtown parents
By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — As the mother of a girl killed at Sandy Hook, Michele Gay was devastated by the massacre at…
Continue Reading A decade of congressional inaction on gun control
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are trying, again, to pass legislation to expand background checks…
Continue Reading Feds: Fake Army general scammed multiple women out of $1M
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas man has been arrested and charged with participating in an online romance scam in which women were cheated out of a…
Continue Reading Beto O’Rourke interrupts briefing, echoing US debate on guns
By ACACIA CORONADO and SARA BURNETT Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Surrounded by fellow Republicans on a high school stage, Gov. Greg Abbott…
Continue Reading Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate O’Rourke verbally confronts Gov. Abbott at news conference on school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate O’Rourke verbally confronts Gov. Abbott at news conference on school…
Continue Reading Texas governor: Gunman posted on Facebook, “I’m going to shoot an elementary school,” shortly before rampage
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Texas governor: Gunman posted on Facebook, “I’m going to shoot an elementary school,” shortly before…
Continue Reading Texas elementary school shooting: What do we know so far?
By The Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A gunman stormed into an elementary school Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two…
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