Southern Baptist panel to open legal records for abuse probe
By PETER SMITH Associated Press A top committee of the Southern Baptist Convention has agreed to open up legally protected records to investigators…
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Trial begins to assess damages in 2017 Texas church massacre
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A trial has begun to assess damages that the U.S. Air Force owes to survivors and families of those killed in a 2017 mass…
Continue Reading Settlement ends lawsuit over fake subpoenas, jailed victims
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A final settlement has been reached in a 2017 lawsuit over New Orleans prosecutors’ use…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s offshore oil infrastructure is aging. ‘We don’t know there’s a problem until there’s a problem.’
By Ella Nilsen and Liz Stark, CNN After a pipeline leak sent as much as 144,000 gallons of oil gushing into the ocean off the coast of California…
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Police in Mexican border town find 2 shallow graves
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police and volunteer search teams in northern Mexico have found two bodies in shallow graves near San Luis RÃo Colorado, across…
Continue Reading Guatemala judge says those he’s sentenced seeking revenge
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A prominent Guatemalan judge faces the possibility of losing his immunity from legal…
Continue Reading Ducey goes to Texas in border push with other GOP governors
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is heading to Texas with other Republican governors to announce a new state border security push. The…
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Playoff payrolls: 2 missing Dodgers nearly total Rays’ money
By RONALD B:LUM AP Baseball Writer Two missing Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers earn nearly as much as the entire Tampa Bay Rays’ major league roster…
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Suspect killed in shootout with officers on LA-area freeway
LYNWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected in a deadly weekend shooting has died in a gun battle with California Highway Patrol officers that shut down…
Continue Reading Feds: Florida missed deadline to receive $2.3B in school aid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is the last state to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education that’s required before more than $2.3…
Continue Reading The ‘Dinah’ leaving desert as LPGA major gets new sponsor
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The LPGA major with the most tradition is leaving the California desert. The LPGA says Chevron has agreed to a…
Continue Reading The ‘Dinah’ leaving desert as LPGA major gets new sponsor
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The LPGA major with the most tradition is leaving the California desert. The LPGA says Chevron has agreed to a…
Continue Reading Crematorium owner charged with improper disposal of bodies
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit crematorium owner who has already lost his mortuary science and…
Continue Reading Playoff payrolls: 2 missing Dodgers nearly total Rays’ money
By RONALD B:LUM AP Baseball Writer Two missing Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers earn nearly as much as the entire Tampa Bay Rays’ major league roster…
Continue Reading New trial set for Backpage founders after recent mistrial
PHOENIX (AP) — A Feb. 22 trial has been scheduled for the founders of the classified site Backpage.com after the first attempt at trying them on…
Continue Reading Alcides Escobar re-signs with Washington Nationals for 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortstop Alcides Escobar has agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract to stay with the Washington Nationals. The team announced…
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Arizona can’t use COVID money for anti-mask grants, feds say
The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state’s federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education…
Continue Reading Convicted sheriff gives thumbs-up review of jail he ran
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff removed from office after being convicted of theft and ethics violations is giving five-star…
Continue Reading Minneapolis cop who killed 911 caller resentenced Oct. 21
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman who called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home is being…
Continue ReadingCalifornia oil spill renews Democrats’ efforts to rein in offshore drilling
By Ella Nilsen and Rene Marsh, CNN The slow-moving oil spill off the coast of Orange County, California, this week has reinvigorated federal and…
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