Gun rights activists target new Massachusetts law with lawsuit and repeal effort
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gun rights activists are vowing to pursue repealing a gun bill signed into law by Democratic Gov.…
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Pakistan’s top court withdraws part of ruling about Ahmadis’ rights after Islamists vowed protests
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed a controversial part of its recent verdict about the minority Ahmadis, apparently yielding…
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Canada’s freight trains will soon roll again after labor lockouts. Here’s what to know
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads are expected to soon start rolling their trains again after the government…
Continue Reading Armed men kill at least 13 farmers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit region, official says
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local official says armed men killed at least 13 farmers in an attack in north-central Nigeria. No group…
Continue Reading McConnell says deterring America’s adversaries should be ‘front and center’ for the next president
Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the challenge of deterring America’s adversaries should…
Continue Reading What polling shows about Americans’ views of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recent polls…
Continue Reading Andrew Tate placed under house arrest as new human trafficking allegations emerge involving minors
Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under…
Continue Reading State trooper who fatally shot man at hospital was justified in use of deadly force, report says
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says a state trooper who fatally shot a man at a…
Continue Reading Daniela Larreal Chirinos, 5-time Olympic cyclist for Venezuela, dies in Las Vegas at 51
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic cyclist who represented Venezuela over the course of a decade, has died. She was 51.…
Continue Reading She took a ‘ballot selfie.’ Now she’s suing North Carolina elections board for laws that ban it
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections after she says she received a letter from a…
Continue Reading What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways…
Continue Reading Haiti arrests a suspect in the May killings of a US missionary couple and a nonprofit chief
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting earlier this year of a U.S. missionary…
Continue Reading Georgia man who accused NBA star Dwight Howard of sexual assault drops suit
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man dropped his lawsuit accusing former NBA star Dwight Howard of sexual assault after attorneys for Howard…
Continue Reading FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent…
Continue Reading Trump uses a stretch of border wall and a pile of steel beams in Arizona to contrast with Democrats
Associated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile…
Continue Reading Powdr to sell Vermont’s Killington, the largest mountain resort in New England
Associated Press Powdr Corp., which owns multiple ski resorts in the U.S. and Canada, is selling Vermont’s Killington Resort and Pico Mountain,…
Continue Reading A 2nd ex-Memphis officer accused in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is changing his plea
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A second former Memphis police officer charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of…
Continue Reading Former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him down plead not guilty
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him down have pleaded not guilty to…
Continue Reading Roadside Tesla Semi fire where temperatures reached 1,000 degrees draws in NTSB investigative team
DETROIT (AP) — A crash and large fire along a California freeway involving an electric Tesla Semi has drawn the attention of federal safety…
Continue Reading Average rate on a 30-year mortgage eases to 6.46%, the lowest level in 15 months
AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased this week to its lowest level in 15 months. That’s welcome relief for home…
Continue Reading Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s rejection of signature petitions in favor putting an…
Continue Reading Pro-Palestinian demonstrators voice opposition to war in Gaza as delegates leave DNC
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As attendees filtered out of the Democratic National Convention on its final night, they were met with the chants…
Continue Reading Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential…
Continue Reading Worker dies after an excavator is buried under rocks at a Massachusetts quarry
STERLING, Mass. (AP) — A worker was killed after a portion of a rock ledge collapsed onto an excavator with the worker inside, burying it under…
Continue Reading What to know about Labor Day and its history
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — From barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark Labor Day — the federal holiday…
Continue Reading 3-month-old baby is fatally mauled by dogs in attic while parents smoked pot, police say
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man and woman have been charged with manslaughter in western New York after they left their 3-month-old…
Continue Reading The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say it’s mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public. That’s according to…
Continue Reading Family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, running for Senate, makes deal to avoid hotel foreclosure
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says it has reached an agreement with a credit collection…
Continue Reading Small passenger plane crashes on flight to eastern Thailand. All 9 aboard are believed dead
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand has crashed shortly after taking off from the main airport…
Continue Reading Naming 2 baby giraffes is a tall order for a Berlin zoo
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Naming two baby giraffes turned out to be a tall order this summer for a Berlin zoo. After the half-siblings were…
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