Massachusetts governor nominates former romantic partner to state’s highest court
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey has nominated a former romantic partner to fill an open seat on the state’s…
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Minnesota officials say lodge that burned had 3 unresolved inspection violations
Minnesota regulators said Wednesday that a historic lodge destroyed in a fire had three unresolved violations from a recent fire code inspection, but…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, following a lawsuit by a terminally ill patient
By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANO QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s high court has decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and…
Continue Reading Studies cited in case over abortion pill are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest
By LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill…
Continue Reading Santa Anita postpones Friday’s card in wake of historic rains in Southern California
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita has postponed Friday’s nine-race card to give time for horses to return to a normal routine after training was…
Continue Reading Medical examiner rules death of baby decapitated during delivery was a homicide
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The death of a Georgia couple’s baby that was decapitated during delivery has been…
Continue Reading What to know about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
By GRAHAM BREWER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge…
Continue Reading US drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia leader linked to attacks on American troops
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital…
Continue Reading DEA reverses decision stripping drug distributor of licenses for fueling opioid crisis
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug…
Continue Reading DePauw University receives record-breaking $200M in donations
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) — DePauw University says it has received $200 million in donations, representing the largest gift in the western Indiana…
Continue Reading Chilean ex-President Piñera drowned after a crash in a helicopter he was piloting, prosecutors say
By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Chilean prosecutors have released more details about the death of former President…
Continue Reading Minnesota and Eli Lilly settle insulin price-gouging lawsuit. Deal will hold costs to $35 a month
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. in a price gouging lawsuit…
Continue Reading As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced…
Continue Reading CBO projects a $188 billion decrease in this year’s federal budget deficit, but debt would then grow
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor doubts Republican Legislature will approve his maps
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has voiced skepticism about the possibility of the…
Continue Reading Virginia Democrats are sending gun-control bills to a skeptical Gov. Youngkin
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are…
Continue Reading The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts say the number of monarch butterflies at wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59%…
Continue Reading The Spurs held practice at a Miami Beach school. And kids there got a huge surprise
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Assaraf lost a bet, so he had to go through classes at Hebrew Academy on…
Continue Reading Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by US
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading…
Continue Reading A sniper killed a Florida bank robber as he held a knife to a hostage’s throat
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — As officers tried to get a would-be bank robber in Florida to surrender, the man decided instead to take two hostages. Then…
Continue Reading Laura Linney and Nico Parker are mother and daughter in Laura Chinn’s ‘Suncoast’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When writer-director Laura Chinn was a teenager in 2005, her mother moved her and her…
Continue Reading ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas in offshore area under dispute by Guyana and Venezuela
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — ExxonMobil says it plans to explore for oil and gas in a disputed area off South…
Continue Reading London’s Old Bailey court is evacuated after a nearby electrical fire
LONDON (AP) — London’s famous criminal courthouse was evacuated after an electrical fire that sparked a loud bang in a nearby substation. The…
Continue Reading Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation suit over comparison to molester
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate…
Continue Reading Missouri prosecutor seeks to vacate murder conviction, the 2nd case challenged in 2 weeks
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has filed a motion to vacate the conviction of a man imprisoned for more than…
Continue Reading Thousands rally in Slovakia to accuse new government’s plan of going easier on corruption
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands have rallied in front of Slovakia’s Parliament to condemn a plan by the new government of the populist…
Continue Reading Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats
By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Henry Timms quitting as Lincoln Center’s president after 5 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Timms is quitting as president of Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts after five years. The 47-year-old announced his…
Continue Reading Dad accused of killing 5-year-old daughter says attorneys will acknowledge guilt on 2 lesser charges
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter told a judge that his…
Continue Reading Bernie Moreno running for Senate as outsider, but public entities he served boosted his business
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In his bid for U.S. Senate in Ohio, Trump-endorsed Republican Bernie Moreno casts…
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