US House leader and Taiwan president meet as China protests
By MICHAEL BLOOD, LISA MASCARO and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Risking China’s anger, House Speaker Kevin…
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Judge weighs request to toss Chasing Horse’s sex abuse case
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls in…
Continue Reading Dealer pleads guilty in death of actor Michael K. Williams
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K.…
Continue Reading Indiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that protects…
Continue Reading Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan law
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — A near-century old abortion ban that fueled one of the largest ballot drives in…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro questioned about gifts of diamond jewelry
By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has undergone questioning about diamond jewelry…
Continue Reading Jury in defamation suit against Fox won’t hear about Jan. 6
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge says the upcoming trial in a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox…
Continue Reading LSU’s Reese on White House flap: ‘We’ll go to the Obamas’
By The Associated Press First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball…
Continue Reading NPR protests as Twitter calls it ‘state-affiliated media’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site,…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly fall amid worries about slowing economy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower Thursday as investors turned their attention to upcoming…
Continue Reading Idaho to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s Republican governor has signed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming medical care…
Continue Reading Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony
By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Mike Pence said Wednesday that the former vice president will not…
Continue Reading West Virginia atheist inmate sues over Christian programming
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An atheist and secular humanist is suing the agency that runs West Virginia’s…
Continue Reading Kansas bans transgender athletes from women’s, girls’ sports
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten…
Continue Reading Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland
By LEA SKENE, BRIAN WITTE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the…
Continue Reading As bankruptcy ends, board seeks to boost Puerto Rico economy
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances says it will focus…
Continue Reading Chicago police send large response to downtown Trump Tower
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police say SWAT officers are responding to a domestic incident at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, located in the…
Continue Reading Trump’s bravado tested as legal woes overlap with campaign
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump stepped into a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon, his usual bravado was…
Continue Reading Amid polarization, minority party lawmakers face penalties
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans removed the state’s only nonbinary legislator from House committees…
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