Illinois city backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois city is supporting a ban on the mailing or shipping of abortion pills. The Danville…
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Nebraska Democrats look to 2024 after Tuesday election wins
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A decisive win by Democrats in hotly contested local races in Lincoln could be indicative of…
Continue Reading GOP subpoenas FBI for Biden records; WH denounces ‘innuendo’
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Republican has subpoenaed the FBI director for what he claims are bureau records…
Continue Reading How a Fed increase could affect credit card debt, auto loans
By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate yet again in its…
Continue Reading Swiss lower house approves closer ties to Taiwan legislature
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has voted to tighten ties with the legislature in Taiwan,…
Continue Reading Attorney wants court records sealed in Ralph Yarl shooting
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for a Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came…
Continue Reading California companies pay higher taxes for unemployment debt
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One potential consequence of California’s ballooning budget deficit: Higher taxes for…
Continue Reading Ex-UN food chief returns to South Carolina roots for speech
By JEFFREY COLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the first time in 25 years, former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley stood before…
Continue Reading Wrongfully convicted Massachusetts man gets $13M settlement
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who spent 32 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of setting a fire…
Continue Reading Iowa Democrats’ plan: Hold 1st caucuses, report votes later
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats are proposing a novel way to get around their demotion from the leadoff…
Continue Reading Ancient Knights of Malta get their 1st non-aristocratic head
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the…
Continue Reading Sex offender fatally shot 6, then killed self, official says
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press An Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison early shot his wife, her three children and their two friends…
Continue Reading Chokehold killed man restrained by NYC subway passengers
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who had been shouting at people aboard a New York City subway…
Continue Reading New Mexico St player: ‘First it hurts, then it changes you’
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Two former New Mexico State basketball players who said they were sexually assaulted by teammates spoke about the…
Continue Reading Summer Movies: 6 breakout performances to watch
BY LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Anonymity can be an actor’s best friend, but this summer several talents are primed to make themselves known in…
Continue Reading Ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga confirmed as World Bank leader
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, an Indian army officer’s son with decades of corporate…
Continue Reading Police: Man charged after shot fired at Memphis TV station
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged after a shot was fired into the lobby of a Memphis television station has…
Continue Reading What do striking Hollywood writers want? A look at demands
By The Associated Press The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike Tuesday after negotiations with Hollywood studios that…
Continue Reading Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,”…
Continue Reading Knife attack at Berlin school wounds 2 girls; suspect held
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say two young children have been seriously wounded in a knife attack at a school in the south of Germany’s capital. A…
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