Chasing Horse charged with more sex crimes in new Canadian case
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse has been charged in Alberta, Canada, with new sex crimes in the latest criminal…
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Biden endorsed by 4 environmental and conservation groups for efforts to fight global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four environmental and conservation groups have endorsed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the annual…
Continue Reading In affirmative action and student loan cases, advocates fear losses for racial equality
By ANNIE MA and AARON MORRISON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she…
Continue Reading Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf’s recovery
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A female Mexican gray wolf that a group of schoolchildren nicknamed Asha has been returned to the…
Continue Reading Energy secretary Granholm says she failed to reveal stock holdings; GOP calls for investigation
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Republican on the Senate Energy panel is calling for an investigation of Energy…
Continue Reading Australia creates law to stop Russia from building new embassy near Parliament for security reasons
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament passed legislation on Thursday to prevent Russia from…
Continue Reading Detroit-area city bans LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles. The unanimous vote by the Hamtramck City…
Continue Reading Parents of girl who drowned at Kansas City water park file lawsuit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old girl who drowned at a Kansas City water park allege in a lawsuit that the park hires young,…
Continue Reading US appeals court rejects bail for Chinese businessman awaiting fraud trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. federal appeals court has rejected a bid for bail by a self-exiled Chinese businessman…
Continue Reading 2 Americans found dead at hotel in Mexico’s Baja California Sur
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Police in a seaside community on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula said Wednesday that two Americans have been…
Continue Reading US jury to weigh case prosecutors call part of China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation effort
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of…
Continue Reading University of Delaware agrees to settle class-action suit over COVID campus shutdown
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus…
Continue Reading Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal…
Continue Reading House rejects effort to censure and fine Democrat Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, voting to turn…
Continue Reading 5 dogs die in RV fire before Florida dog show, official say
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say five dogs have been killed in an RV fire the day before a dog show was set to begin in Florida. Hillsborough…
Continue Reading Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announces GOP presidential bid days after Trump’s indictment
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is running for president. The two-term mayor announced his bid for…
Continue Reading Former Harvard morgue manager stole brains, skin and other body parts to sell them, indictment says
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor vows to veto state budget if GOP cuts diversity dollars from university system
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday in a newspaper report that he won’t sign the…
Continue Reading Man gets 18 years in federal prison for shooting, plan to rid Montana town of LGBTQ residents
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and…
Continue Reading Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in suit over firing after 2018 arrests of 2 Black men
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white…
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