NYC transit agency pulls the brake on Twitter service alerts
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly after midnight Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as…
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Oklahoma’s top education official embraces culture wars
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Oklahoma’s newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last…
Continue Reading Facing revolt, GOP spares ethanol in drive to cut spending
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are touting their debt limit package as a first step toward fiscal…
Continue Reading Zooey Zephyr row spotlights rise of GOP far-right caucuses
By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s…
Continue Reading Georgia’s Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on
By JEFF AMY Associated Press BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — A slate of Georgia Republicans led by Gov. Brian Kemp handily won reelection last year over…
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Presidential battleground states weigh more election funding
By JAMES POLLARD and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several…
Continue Reading Presidential battleground states weigh more election funding
By JAMES POLLARD and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several…
Continue Reading Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker’s settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that…
Continue Reading GOP split dooms scaled-back Kansas ‘school choice’ plan
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t…
Continue Reading Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American…
Continue Reading Marte homers in D-Backs’ 9-1 win, Rockies fall to 8-19
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Ketel Marte hit an early homer, Josh Rojas drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat…
Continue Reading Biden commutes sentences of 31 convicted of drug crimes
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes…
Continue Reading Global Citizen NOW summit yields commitments, big and small
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Evans highlighted a staggering new statistic to explain why this year’s Global Citizen…
Continue Reading Jack Nicholson returns to courtside for Lakers’ playoff game
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack is back. Los Angeles Lakers superfan Jack Nicholson was watching at courtside for the…
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The Boys and Girls Club of Yuma ribbon cutting ceremony ushers in a newly imagined haven for local kids
The newly reimagined Yuma Boys and Girl’s Club hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony…
Continue Reading Lions, a bear and a camel say goodbye to Puerto Rico’s zoo
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Time to say goodbye. Seven lions, a bear, a camel and even a porcupine left Puerto Rico’s lone…
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Arizona State Representatives react to debt ceiling bill
The republicans passed the bill known as the “Limit, Save, Grow Act” 217 to 215 to increase the nation’s debt ceiling while cutting federal…
Continue Reading St. Louis officer shot during mental health welfare check
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer has been shot and wounded during a mental health-related welfare check at an apartment complex. Police…
Continue Reading Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy ‘Lee’ Carhart dies at 81
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy “Lee” Carhart has died. Clinics for Abortions & Reproductive Excellence in…
Continue Reading N. Korea insults Biden, slams defense agreement with Seoul
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more…
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