California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts
By TERRY CHEA and JANIE HAR Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area city council is undertaking an audit of its troubled…
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Lawsuit: Trans woman sexually abused, harassed in men’s jail
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A transgender woman says in a federal lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted, frequently ridiculed…
Continue Reading 2 men indicted in Philadelphia blaze that killed firefighter
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The owner of a Philadelphia building that caught fire and collapsed last summer, killing a city firefighter and injuring five…
Continue Reading ‘Rust’ movie reboots after Alec Baldwin shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Filming on the Western movie “Rust” could resume this week in Montana, the production…
Continue Reading Ohio GOP advances making constitutional changes tougher
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A contingent of Statehouse Republicans in Ohio has pressed forward with plans to make it…
Continue Reading Pa. county sanctioned over copying 2020 voting machine data
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court is holding a Republican-majority county in contempt over…
Continue Reading Speaker McCarthy unveils $1.5T debt bill, pushes toward vote
by LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled a sweeping package Wednesday that would…
Continue Reading Texas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villa
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess is facing a court-ordered eviction from a Rome villa containing the only…
Continue Reading House voting to overturn DC police accountability law
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House is set to pass a resolution that would block a District of Columbia…
Continue Reading Trump, DeSantis compete for support from congressional GOP
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has yet to enter the 2024 presidential race, but former President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Caribbean leaders agree on plan to ban assault-style weapons
Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean Community leaders have agreed on plans to introduce bans in their countries on assault-style…
Continue Reading Abortion, drug trafficking discussed at Kentucky GOP debate
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four Republican gubernatorial hopefuls have squared off in a debate…
Continue Reading ‘Awesome’ solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia
By EDNA TARIGAN and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Under a cloudless sky, 20,000 eclipse chasers crowded a tiny outpost…
Continue Reading Colorado gun control bills progress; semi-auto ban unlikely
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — In a vast hall of Colorado’s Capitol, hundreds sat between columns for a…
Continue Reading Oklahoma official who discussed killing reporters resigns
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was identified by a local newspaper…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to killing 2 outside Indiana factory
FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — A man charged with killing a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana factory in 2021 is pleading guilty.…
Continue Reading Biden blasts GOP ‘wacko notions’ amid debt limit standoff
By JOSH BOAK, SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press ACCOKEEK, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden lambasted Republicans’ emerging…
Continue Reading New Mexico State star recruit joins mass exodus from program
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer New Mexico State’s most highly touted recruit this decade has entered the transfer portal as part of a mass…
Continue Reading Florida expands ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ House passes 3 LGBTQ bills
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added more wins to his…
Continue Reading Homeowner who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl pleads not guilty
By MARGARET STAFFORD and JIM SALTER Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The 84-year old man who shot Ralph Yarl when the Black teenager went to…
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