Couple faces murder charges in Crow girl’s 2019 death
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana couple faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the 2019…
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Pence seeks ‘common sense’ Social Security, Medicare reform
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press As he mulls a 2024 presidential bid, former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for “common sense and…
Continue Reading Trump’s potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutiny
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated countless legal investigations without…
Continue Reading Lead Derek Chauvin prosecutor appointed to be state judge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the state’s lead prosecutors who helped convict Derek Chauvin of murder in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd has…
Continue Reading Ex-judge rejects free speech defense in Project Veritas case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former judge has decided the First Amendment protection for journalists should not keep prosecutors from seeing most evidence…
Continue Reading Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22%
By MARK STEVENSON and ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central…
Continue Reading Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Debate that began Tuesday on a bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors…
Continue Reading States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The tax-cutting trend is going full force in states even as some are raising concerns…
Continue Reading Teen held in Texas school shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A lawyer says a 15-year-old arrested in a fatal shooting outside a Dallas-area high school will remain in custody. The…
Continue Reading Oklahoma court OK’s abortion to preserve mother’s life
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near total…
Continue Reading 11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan
By MUNIR AHMED and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Nevada to add gas plant as drought threatens power grids
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Utility regulators in Nevada gave the state’s largest power provider clearance to start work on a…
Continue Reading Public pension plan losses from bank failures seen as minor
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press When two tech-linked U.S. banks failed this month, among the investors who lost millions were public-sector…
Continue Reading Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: ‘I thought I had died’
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid…
Continue Reading Willis Reed, leader on Knicks’ 2 title teams, dies at 80
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970…
Continue Reading Georgia senators send gender care restrictions to governor
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender…
Continue Reading Puzzling highway death part of West Virginia police probe
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — State police in West Virginia say a trooper used a Taser on a man who walked onto a highway…
Continue Reading Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses…
Continue Reading Residents sue Louisiana parish to halt polluting plants
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Residents of a Louisiana parish located in the heart of a cluster of polluting petrochemical factories filed a…
Continue Reading Chief recommends firing officers in paralyzed prisoner case
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The police chief in New Haven, Connecticut has recommended that four officers be fired for mistreating a Black man…
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