Takeaways from AP’s reporting on challenges to voting in Alaska Native villages
Associated Press KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn’t always so in the tiny, remote…
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Aggravated assault suspect formally charged
According to the Yuma Police Department (YPD), the suspect, a 24-year-old man, shot a 29-year-old man in the area of East 40th Place last…
Continue ReadingFuneral home owner jailed after 18 bodies found in various stages of decomposition, authorities say
DOUGLAS, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a funeral home owner in south Georgia has been arrested and accused of neglecting human corpses after 18 bodies…
Continue Reading‘Not an act of God.’ How the Rev. Richard Joyner became a farmer, then a climate activist
Religion News Service CONETOE, N.C. (RNS) — Congregants at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church thought their pastor was crazy when he…
Continue ReadingShip owner in Baltimore bridge collapse seeks to blame others as liability case takes shape
Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to minimize their responsibility for the deadly…
Continue ReadingA hotel collapses in Argentina and leaves 1 dead and several trapped
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say a 10-story hotel under renovation in Argentina has collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least seven trapped…
Continue ReadingElon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal agency was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders…
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Yuma County holds job fair for people finding a job
Yuma County held a job fair Tuesday morning for those finding a…
Continue ReadingGoogle’s moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threats
AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence…
Continue ReadingMan who threatened Fani Willis and sheriff over Trump investigation gets nearly 2 years in prison
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county…
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Crossing against the light? You won’t get ticketed now that jaywalking is legal in NYC
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jaywalking — that time-honored practice of crossing the street outside of the crosswalk or against the traffic…
Continue Reading China’s new crew has arrived at space station in sign of growing influence in space field
Associated Press JIUQUAN, China (AP) — A Chinese space ship carrying a three-person crew docked with its orbiting space station Tuesday as the…
Continue ReadingFamily releases video showing final moments before Black man’s death in Missouri prison
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who died after he was placed in a spit hood and restrained in a Missouri prison was motionless…
Continue ReadingOwner of NYC day care where toddler fatally ingested fentanyl pleads guilty to federal charges
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who owned a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl has pleaded guilty to federal drug…
Continue ReadingAu pair charged in double homicide pleads guilty to manslaughter
Associated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia has accepted a guilty plea in what prosecutors say was an elaborate…
Continue ReadingFrancis Ford Coppola to receive AFI lifetime achievement award
NEW YORK (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola will receive the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute announced Tuesday. Coppola, who…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 led to extra college eligibility. Those 5th-year players are set for their last runs
AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — RJ Davis accomplished enough in four years at North Carolina for his jersey to eventually earn a…
Continue ReadingIn ‘Ibelin,’ ‘Grand Theft Hamlet,’ video game realms draw filmmakers with virtual cameras
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Film productions often wrestle with shifts in the weather, the threat of the crew going into overtime or the fading…
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Paul Pelosi attacker sentenced to life in prison on state charges
A San Francisco judge handed down the sentence on DePape’s aggravated kidnapping conviction in the October 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, which took…
Continue ReadingIn a first since 1938, Des Moines, Iowa, kids will trick-or-treat on Halloween
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going…
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