Navajo Nation to receive federal aid for severe flood damage
Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is set receive federal emergency aid to help repair damage caused by severe flooding…
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California weighs how to improve outcomes for Black students
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature is weighing a proposal by Gov. Gavin…
Continue Reading Fed up by LA pothole, Arnold Schwarzenegger fills it himself
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fed up by an enormous pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger picked up a shovel and filled it himself.…
Continue Reading North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed two transgender athlete bans into law.…
Continue Reading Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud…
Continue Reading Urologist accused of patient sex abuse, including of minors
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor has been charged with the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients,…
Continue Reading US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — The United States, Panama and Colombia announced Tuesday that they will launch a 60-day…
Continue Reading Biden aide, Saudi prince see ‘progress’ toward Yemen war end
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with Saudi…
Continue Reading 3 hurt in floor collapse in Savannah’s 1899 US courthouse
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three construction workers were injured Tuesday when part of an upper floor collapsed inside…
Continue Reading Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case
By MICHAEL REZENDES and JASON DEAREN Associated Press The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can…
Continue Reading UN to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban ban
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it is reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the…
Continue Reading Woman charged after flight diverted to Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman has been charged in federal court after prosecutors said she caused a disturbance that forced a flight to be…
Continue Reading ACLU sues North Carolina over harsher riot punishments
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prominent civil rights group has filed a federal lawsuit…
Continue Reading As shootings hit close to home, govs wrestle with next steps
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two weeks after one of his wife’s closest friends was killed in…
Continue Reading Steve Murdock, Texas scholar who headed Census Bureau, dies
HOUSTON (AP) — Steve Murdock, a former state demographer of Texas who served one year as the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, during which he…
Continue Reading Fox attorneys in libel case reveal dual roles for Murdoch
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020…
Continue Reading Officers plead not guilty in Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have pleaded not guilty to state crimes in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico declares state of emergency on coastal erosion
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has declared a state of emergency to fight worsening coastal…
Continue Reading Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 extinguisher attack
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an…
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