Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis
By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and…
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An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mail-order access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S. would end…
Continue Reading 14 more members of Minneapolis gangs are charged in federal violent crime initiative
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials have announced that 14 members of Minneapolis-based gangs have…
Continue Reading Ada Deer, influential Native American leader from Wisconsin, dies at 88
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the…
Continue Reading A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that…
Continue Reading Devastated Tuohys ready to end conservatorship for Michael Oher, lawyers say
By ADRIAN SAINZ and TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A prominent Memphis couple with a longstanding relationship to former…
Continue Reading New study finds far more hurricane-related deaths in US, especially among poor and vulnerable
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricanes in the U.S. the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally…
Continue Reading Tennessee man who killed 8 gets life in prison in surprise plea deal after new evidence surfaces
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who had been facing a death penalty trial in the killings of eight people…
Continue Reading Armed Utah man shot by FBI last week carried AR-15 in 2018 police encounter, records show
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 75-year-old man shot by officers trying to arrest him for social media threats he made against…
Continue Reading New Jersey OKs slightly better settlement over polluted land where childhood cancer cases rose
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve minutes: Too-high inflation, still a threat, could require more rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials last month still regarded high inflation as an ongoing…
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Mexico’s federal government to compensate families of migrants killed in Juarez detention center fire
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, the National Institute of Migration announced it will compensate the families of the migrants killed in a…
Continue Reading Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gruesome video circulated Wednesday on social media may have recorded the last moments of five kidnapped young men, and has…
Continue Reading Kansas prosecutor says police should return computers and cellphones seized in raid on newspaper
By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press MARION, Kansas (AP) — A police raid that drew national attention to a small Kansas newspaper over…
Continue Reading Former Brazilian military police officer convicted in 2015 deaths arrested in New Hampshire
BOSTON (AP) — Immigration officials say a former Brazilian military police officer who was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to more than…
Continue Reading A family, a beloved sister, 2 senior housing residents. These are some of the lives lost in Maui
By MICHAEL CASEY, PAT EATON-ROBB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Wildfires devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii last week, leaving a trail of…
Continue Reading US sanctions Lebanese environmental group accused of being an arm of Hezbollah
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on a Lebanese environmental…
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Hatch chile farmers facing “one of the worst seasons they’ve seen” due to ongoing heat wave
GARFIELD, New Mexico (KVIA) — While the smell of roasting green chile is a staple in southern New Mexico in August, farmers say many customers are…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Hilary forms off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary has formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, and is expected to strengthen and move north towards the…
Continue Reading Aldi to buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys groceries in Southern US
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Discount grocer Aldi says it’s acquiring 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets in the Southern U.S.…
Continue Reading British Museum says staff member dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum said Wednesday that a member of its staff has been dismissed after items dating…
Continue Reading Florida’s costs for protecting Gov. Ron DeSantis rise as he became GOP presidential hopeful
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The cost of protecting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his family and visiting officials has…
Continue Reading Temporary shelter for asylum seekers closes in Maine’s largest city
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — City officials in Portland, Maine say about 190 asylum seekers from African countries are being relocated after a basketball…
Continue Reading Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida’s Black history teaching standards
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters to…
Continue Reading US military’s aerial reconnaissance pictures of England during WWII go online for the first time
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Way before Google Earth, there was photo reconnaissance by the U.S. Army Air Forces. During World War…
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El Paso and other Texas cities are getting ready for Abbott’s ‘Death Star Law’
by Christian Betancourt, El Paso MattersAugust 14, 2023 In 2015, El Paso became the second city in the country to safeguard its workers by passing a…
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Serious motorcycle crash in South-Central El Paso sends one person to the hospital
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Special Traffic Investigators with the El Paso Police Department are responding to a serious motorcycle crash at Glenwood…
Continue Reading Dutch journalist leaves Russia after her visa was not renewed
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Dutch journalist Eva Hartog says Russian authorities refused to renew the visa and gave…
Continue Reading Jon Batiste goes galaxy-building with ambitious new album ‘World Music Radio’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich…
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Number of COVID-19 cases rise in El Paso with global spread of EG.5
by Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, El Paso MattersAugust 16, 2023 El Paso is experiencing an uptick in COVID-19 cases again as the dominant virus strain…
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