A stowaway groundhog is elevated to local icon
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some frozen custard and mini-golf customers in Pennsylvania have made a startling discovery that elevated a humble…
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Democrats try to block Green Party from presidential ballot in Wisconsin, citing legal issues
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint seeking to remove the Green Party’s…
Continue ReadingWisconsin’s Evers urges federal judge not to make changes at youth prison in wake of counselor death
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is urging a federal judge not to make any changes at Wisconsin’s youth prison after a…
Continue ReadingA teen was falling asleep during a courtroom field trip. She ended up in cuffs and jail clothes
DETROIT (AP) — A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like…
Continue ReadingEmails show Delaware lieutenant governor’s staff engaged in campaign matters during business hours
Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s office staff was in…
Continue ReadingSocial media influencers descend on the White House, where Biden calls them the new ‘source of news’
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media influencers have gotten the royal treatment as President Joe Biden gave a nod to their ability to…
Continue ReadingCisco cuts thousands of jobs, 7% of workforce, as it shifts focus to AI, cybersecurity
AP Technology Writer Cisco Systems is planning to lay off 7% of its employees, its second round of job cuts this year, as the company shifts its…
Continue ReadingPolice fatally shoot teen in Alaska’s largest city, the fourth such killing since mid-May
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say officers fatally shot a 16-year-old girl holding a knife in the fourth deadly shooting involving…
Continue ReadingMontana Supreme Court rules minors don’t need parental permission for abortion
Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court ruled that minors don’t need their parents’ permission to get an…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat increasingly endangers children in West and Central Africa, UNICEF says
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — UNICEF says children in West and Central Africa are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, creating health…
Continue ReadingRuling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional…
Continue ReadingDevelopers of stalled Minnesota copper-nickel mine plan studies that may lead to significant changes
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota have announced plans…
Continue Reading‘Chaos agent’: Suspected Trump hack comes as Iran flexes digital muscles ahead of US election
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspected hack of Donald Trump’s campaign is the latest indication that foreign adversaries looking to…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry and Meghan will visit Colombia for the first time. Here’s what they will be doing
Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will arrive in Colombia on Thursday at the invitation of Vice President…
Continue ReadingWhite Florida woman says she fatally shot Black neighbor amid fear for her own life
Associated Press A white Florida woman told investigators she fired a shot through her door at a Black neighbor because she panicked as the other…
Continue ReadingFamily of man killed by Connecticut police officer files lawsuit, seeks federal probe of department
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The family of a man shot to death by a Connecticut police officer last year has filed a wrongful death…
Continue ReadingVatican expels founder of Peru’s Sodalitium religious movement after probe into abuses, corruption
Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has expelled the founder of an influential Peruvian religious movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae,…
Continue ReadingOhio family reaches $7M settlement in fatal police shooting of Casey Goodson Jr.
Associated Press The family of Casey Goodson Jr. will receive $7 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over a December 2020 shooting.…
Continue ReadingNot all officer video from Texas school shooting was released, Uvalde police say
Associated Press Police say that not all officer video from the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022 was given to news organizations following a…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania troopers stop drivers at similar rates no matter their race or ethnicity, study finds
Associated Press HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A new study says Pennsylvania drivers get pulled over and are cited by state police at roughly comparable…
Continue ReadingFirefighters gain 40% containment of California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest wildfire so far this year was 40% contained Wednesday after scorching more than 670 square miles…
Continue ReadingMichigan State sued by quiz creator over Hitler question streamed on videoboards at football game
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last…
Continue ReadingIdaho Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit challenging a ballot initiative for ranked-choice voting
Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general over a ballot…
Continue ReadingHidden report reveals how workers got sick while cleaning up Ohio derailment site
Associated Press The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some…
Continue ReadingAlabama district judge suspended and accused of letting child abuse cases ‘languish,’ complaint says
OZARK, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama district judge who presides over cases in juvenile court was suspended after a state-led investigation that looked at…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden reportedly sought US government help for Ukrainian gas company Burisma
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked the U.S. ambassador to Italy for help regarding an energy project a Ukrainian gas company was pursuing while…
Continue ReadingTop official says Federal Reserve can’t risk being too late with rate cuts
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official warned that the central bank needs to cut its key interest rate before the job…
Continue ReadingSpain is investigating unauthorized Katy Perry music video in a protected natural area
Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Katy Perry pretends in her new music video to be one of the thousands of tourists having the time of their lives on…
Continue ReadingProposal to allow local police to make arrests near Arizona border with Mexico will appear on ballot
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a proposal that would let local police make arrests near the state’s…
Continue ReadingNASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Wednesday it’s still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International…
Continue ReadingVinesh Phogat’s appeal for a shared silver Olympic wrestling medal rejected by arbitration court
AP Sports Writer Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal for a shared silver medal after she was disqualified from an Olympic final for missing…
Continue ReadingWHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads
AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on…
Continue ReadingRuling that bounced Kennedy from New York ballot could challenge him in other states
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign suffered a blow this week when a judge in New York…
Continue ReadingUS safety agency ends probe of Tesla suspension failures without seeking a recall
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into complaints that suspension parts can fail on nearly 75,000 Tesla…
Continue Reading3 years into a life sentence, Alex Murdaugh to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The appeals are just beginning for Alex Murdaugh. The 56-year-old disgraced South Carolina attorney is…
Continue ReadingMayor of Columbus, Ohio, says ransomware attackers stole corrupted, unusable data
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The mayor of Ohio’s capital city says data recently stolen by hackers was unusable and that no personal information about…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia senator removed as committee chair after indecent exposure charges
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state legislative committee chairman was removed from his position by chamber leadership…
Continue ReadingAttorney calls Olympic sprinter Erriyon Knighton ‘collateral damage’ in widening anti-doping feud
AP National Writer The doping case involving U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton’s claims of eating contaminated meat is being appealed and will be sent…
Continue ReadingThere’s more to Tinashe’s new album, ‘Quantum Baby,’ than being ‘Nasty’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tinashe is releasing her seventh studio album, “Quantum Baby,” on Friday. The album is fueled by her hit song…
Continue ReadingPro-Trump lawyer removed from Dominion case after leaking documents to cast doubt on 2020 election
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert has been disqualified from representing Overstock.com founder Patrick…
Continue ReadingAn offering, a fire, a prayer. How a Mexico City community celebrates its pre-Hispanic origins
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Santos’ spiritual journey has left a mark on her skin. Soon after the 50-year-old embraced her…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about Ukraine’s surprise push into Russian territory
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For more than a week, Ukrainian troops have pushed into the Kursk region of Russia, just north of their…
Continue ReadingMexico’s president will send a diplomatic note over US funding for a Mexican anti-corruption NGO
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption non-profit group, and says he will send a…
Continue ReadingGraffiti celebrating Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu vandalized after Italy wins Olympic gold
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rome’s mayor and several others have denounced the defacing of a street-art celebration of Paola Egonu. She helped…
Continue ReadingA city in Oklahoma agrees to pay more than $7 million to an exonerated former death row inmate
Associated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma city has agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after…
Continue ReadingChina’s foreign minister meets with Myanmar’s military boss as civil war strains their relations
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing…
Continue ReadingContenders in key Wisconsin Senate race come out swinging after primaries
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican millionaire businessman Eric Hovde and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin are wasting no time going…
Continue ReadingDelegate who was arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws from DNC as bodycam video is released
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Democratic Party says that one of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence…
Continue ReadingA top Hamas official says the group is losing faith in the US as a mediator in Gaza cease-fire talks
Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A top Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group is losing faith in the United States’ ability to…
Continue ReadingAmerican arrested in Russia for allegedly attacking police officer at Moscow hotel
MOSCOW (AP) — News agencies in Russia are reporting that a U.S. citizen is facing criminal assault charges after allegedly attacking a police…
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