Wright's family wants stiffer charge for Minnesota ex-cop By SCOTT BAUER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press
Honduran woman exits Utah church after 3 years in sanctuary By SOPHIA EPPOLITO - Associated Press/Report for AmericaUpdated 1 hr ago SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After over three years living in a Salt Lake City church to avoid being deported, Honduran immigrant Vicky Chavez steppe…
Lawmakers fighting like cats and dogs? Not over this bill By HOLLY RAMER - Associated PressUpdated 1 hr ago CONCORD. N.H. (AP) — Nine lives notwithstanding, killing a cat in a hit-and-run soon could become illegal in New Hampshire.
Alaska denied benefits to gay couples despite court rulings By MARK THIESSEN - Associated PressUpdated 9 min ago ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wrongly denied some same-sex spouses benefits for years by claiming their unions were not recognized even afte…
Safety groups, unions urge US to fix recalled gov't vehicles APUpdated 5 hrs ago DETROIT (AP) — More than a dozen consumer groups and three federal employee unions are asking the U.S. government to stop using vehicles in it…
The problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity By AAMER MADHANI - Associated PressUpdated 3 hrs ago CHICAGO (AP) — In the modest bungalows and two-flats of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, there’s never a shortage of needed home repairs…
Epic drought means water crisis on Oregon-California border By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated PressUpdated 20 hrs ago PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday t…
Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist By SCOTT BAUER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated PressUpdated 20 hrs ago BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for kil…
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82 By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS - Associated PressUpdated 21 hrs ago NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators a…
Big-business pushback against voting measures gains momentum By DAVID KOENIG, BRIAN SLODYSKO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN - AP Business WritersUpdated 22 hrs ago Big business has ratcheted up its objections to proposals that would make it harder to vote, with several hundred companies and executives sig…
Interview: Kentucky governor sees useful lessons in pandemic By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated PressUpdated 23 hrs ago FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday there are lessons to be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic — from a greater sens…
'Zoom in a Room'? California's schools lag in reopening push By JOCELYN GECKER, JANIE HAR and AMY TAXIN - Associated PressUpdated Apr 14, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Frustrated parents in San Francisco have coined a new phrase for their latest classroom reality: “Zoom in a Room." In Los…
Conservatives propose revised sex ed rules in LGBTQ pushback By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated PressUpdated 23 hrs ago PHOENIX (AP) — Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a ban on any HIV/AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle" as they fac…
Red states on U.S. electoral map lagging on vaccinations By RUSS BYNUM - Associated PressUpdated Apr 14, 2021 SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) — With coronavirus shots now in the arms of nearly half of American adults, the parts of the U.S. that are excelling an…
Groups take aim at New Mexico drilling plan amid US review By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Presss Apr 14, 2021 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists and Native American activists on Wednesday renewed their demands for more meaningful talks with Ind…
More COVID state shutdowns unlikely, despite CDC suggestion By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated PressUpdated 22 hrs ago When one of the nation's top health officials this week suggested states dealing with a spring spike of coronavirus cases should “shut things …
EXPLAINER: Why outside prosecutors review killings by police By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press Apr 14, 2021 BOSTON (AP) — A white former police officer is being charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, just…
Unaccompanied children from border arrive in Pennsylvania AP Apr 14, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — About 150 unaccompanied children found at the southern border of the U.S. have arrived in northwestern Pennsylvania and…
Amazon claims social network Parler trying to conceal owners The Seattle TimesUpdated Apr 14, 2021 SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has accused Parler, the social network known as a conservative alternative to Twitter, of trying to conceal its ownershi…
Wisconsin Treasurer Godlewski launches US Senate bid By SCOTT BAUER - Associated PressUpdated Apr 14, 2021 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski joined the growing ranks of Democrats running for U.S. Senate on Wednesday, launching…
Biden faces long odds in push for more state 'red flag' laws By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated PressUpdated 20 hrs ago IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would allow authoritie…