Minnesota Gov. Walz draws sharp contrasts with red states
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is drawing stark contrasts between his state and Republican-led…
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Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got in wrong car
ELGIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and wounded two cheerleaders in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one of them said she…
Continue Reading Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a…
Continue Reading DeSantis appointees begin reshaping Disney World’s district
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The new chair of Disney World’s revamped governing body said Wednesday that new…
Continue Reading 9 men trying to enter US from Canada treated for exposure
WARROAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have rescued nine men who entered the United States illegally from Canada and were found in a sub-freezing…
Continue Reading Hawaii cites 2 for feeding feral cats, harming native geese
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming an endangered species of geese…
Continue Reading Mexico ends search for missing Americans, Coast Guard says
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s navy has suspended a search for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico’s…
Continue Reading Costa Rica president promises more police, tougher laws
By JAVIER CORDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s president is promising to put more police in the streets and he…
Continue Reading Woman shot after wrong turn had hopes, dreams, father says
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — The father whose 20-year-old daughter was fatally shot after she and her friends got lost…
Continue Reading Stampede in Yemen at Ramadan charity event kills at least 78
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A crowd apparently panicked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at…
Continue Reading Semi-automatic rifle ban passes Washington state Legislature
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on…
Continue Reading Last minute brinkmanship and overseas assist end Fox case
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before pulling back from the brink of a trial, Fox News and Dominion Voting systems faced a stern…
Continue Reading Russian foreign minister Lavrov visits Nicaragua’s Ortega
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and the two commiserated about U.S.…
Continue Reading Common mistakes, uncommon reactions in 3 separate shootings
By The Associated Press In the span of six days, four young people across the U.S. have been shot — one fatally — for making one of the most…
Continue Reading Cuba’s parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s National Assembly has ratified President Miguel Díaz-Canel for a new five-year term,…
Continue Reading Body recovered from rubble of collapsed NYC parking garage
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Crews pulled a body from the rubble of a New York City parking garage Wednesday, as building…
Continue Reading Judge: House GOP can question ex-prosecutor about Trump case
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that House Republicans can question a former…
Continue Reading Microsoft agrees to buy $50m Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for…
Continue Reading Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT ‘propaganda’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that…
Continue Reading ‘Tennessee three’ to visit Biden at White House next week
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in gun protests will…
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