AP National News

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a Trump-era rule that ended federal…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition parties say they will participate in the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November, a…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Response to disasters such as Hurricane Ida falls primarily to state and local officials, but…

DALLAS (AP) — The pilots’ union is suing Southwest Airlines, saying that rules the airline put into place before and during the pandemic have…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies tight and sending hospitals…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Jury selection in the fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes began Tuesday, casting a spotlight on…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly four decades in the music business helping craft hits for icons like Michael…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A whistleblower lawsuit alleges that Indiana’s state treasurer violated state law in handing…

By BEN FOX Associated Press NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — Three men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were formally charged…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is urging all nations to help the people of Afghanistan “in…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has reversed four previous rulings that overturned death penalty…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A business executive charged in the aftermath of a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The wildfire threatening communities around Lake Tahoe has drawn what officials call an aggressive response to try…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to halt the October execution of a man convicted of a triple killing who…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The founders of the classified site Backpage.com are scheduled to go on trial Wednesday on…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Older adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The backers of a measure that would change Seattle’s approach to homelessness are appealing a…

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Common Pleas judge in Cincinnati has rescinded his order that a man sentenced for a felony drug charge get vaccinated against…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Brazilian bull rider has died after a bull stepped on his chest in California. The Professional Bull Riders touring group…

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press AVEZZANO, Italy (AP) — A 39-year-old man who served as a translator for the Italian military and embassy in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey woman with the Instagram handle AntiVaxMomma sold several hundred fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers face tough economic and security challenges as they…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp shock of the coronavirus recession pushed Social…

NEW YORK (AP) — For Alicia Keys, “Girl On Fire” isn’t just a million-selling single, but the title and inspiration for a young adult graphic…

MOUNTAIN VIEW Google is once again postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-January. The internet search giant is also to…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has allowed dozens of truckloads of construction materials into the…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi says he has fully recovered from COVID-19, less than two weeks after being…

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature has signed off on a sweeping GOP rewrite of…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say rain from Tropical Depression Ida is temporarily hampering cleanup…

By DAVID I. KLEIN Religion News Service The grounds of the Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp in Copake, New York, were alive in mid-August with a gaggle…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The parents and brother of an American journalist who has been detained in Myanmar for 100 days…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three Minneapolis residents are suing the city over a ballot question on how to change policing in the wake of George Floyd’s…

By DAVID KOENIG and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers Oil companies began gradually to restart some of their refineries in Louisiana, and key fuel…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Richards is out as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”, days after he exited as the…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities say that at least 11 people are feared dead after another boat traveling from North…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing industry will face a host of new harvesting restrictions…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A large U.S. survey of new-vehicle owners found that automobile quality rose last year, but glitches…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It took Larry Kirwan nearly 20 years to feel he truly nailed a story of how a working-class family…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated press MILAN (AP) — The heir of a late duke who sold Sting his Tuscan winery 25 years ago says the singer has hit a flat…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is promising up to $60 million in military aid to Ukraine in advance of a White…

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a man was attacked by a large alligator while walking through floodwaters from Hurricane Ida and is…

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An environmental group says groundwater around at least six military…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the reinstatement of a northern Virginia gym…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man who is serving a life sentence for a fire…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — American high jumper Sam Grewe has won a gold medal at the Paralympics. His next stop is medical…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A House oversight committee and the Commerce Department have reached an understanding that could resolve a lawsuit…