States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock
By MARC LEVY and JOSH FUNK Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight…
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Conservationists and tribes urge US appeals court to block Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for environmentalists and tribes urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to overturn a…
Continue Reading A scientist’s 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press CARATINGA, Brasil (AP) — The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy,…
Continue Reading The reason US response to the Russia rebellion has been decidedly cautious
By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the surface, the turmoil in Russia would seem like something for the U.S.…
Continue Reading Man fatally shot in New Mexico movie theater over seat dispute
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An argument over seating at an Albuquerque movie theater escalated into a shooting that left a man dead and sent…
Continue Reading Canada’s largest city elects first woman of color as mayor
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Leftist candidate Olivia Chow has become the mayor of Canada’s largest city. Chow is Toronto’s…
Continue Reading Players returning from LIV Golf is part of Saudis’ agreement with PGA Tour
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Now that the PGA Tour and European tour have a deal with the Saudis, one step is deciding how players can return from…
Continue Reading Peg Yorkin, feminist leader and philanthropist, dies at 96
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peg Yorkin, who donated $10 million to a feminist foundation she co-founded and pushed to bring the most common method of…
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High-speed internet is a necessity, President Biden says, pledging all US will have access by 2030
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday said that high-speed internet is no longer a luxury but an “absolute necessity,” as he pledged…
Continue Reading Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The conservative Republican attorney general of Kansas says a new Kansas law requires the…
Continue Reading New York City drivers will pay extra tolls as part of the effort to reduce congestion
NEW YORK (AP) — New York has received a critical federal approval for its first-in-the-nation plan to charge big tolls to drive into the most…
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Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass killer gets life in prison, victim says ‘devil awaits’ defendant
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The person who killed five people at a Colorado Springs nightclub in 2022 was sentenced to life in prison…
Continue Reading Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana’s Yellowstone River
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Work is underway to clean up rail cars carrying hazardous materials that fell into the Yellowstone River in southern Montana…
Continue Reading Judge gives preliminary approval to $290 million deal JPMorgan Chase reached with Epstein victims
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York City gave preliminary approval Monday to a $290 million deal that JPMorgan Chase reached with sex…
Continue Reading California mushroom farms cited for workplace safety violations after January fatal shootings
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press California has cited two Northern California mushroom farms for health and safety violations and proposed more…
Continue Reading Self-professed ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ pleads guilty to wire fraud for defrauding landlords
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who dubbed himself the “Wolf of Airbnb” has pleaded guilty to a wire fraud…
Continue Reading4 bodies found in charred remains of Arkansas house died from gunshot wounds, police say
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police say four people found dead in a burned down Little Rock house were killed by gunshot wounds, including one…
Continue Reading Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months —…
Continue Reading Was that actually a tsunami that hit Florida? Yes, but not the kind you think
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press An unexpected culprit toppled beach chairs along the sand at normally calm Clearwater Beach, Florida,…
Continue Reading Prosecutors files charges in shooting that killed 3 and wounded 6 in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 26-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in a shooting that killed three people and wounded six more. The Jackson…
Continue Reading Mexico arrests former official in disappearance of 43 students in 2014, charges 8 soldiers
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of 43…
Continue Reading Ohio mom charged in death of toddler left alone for 10 days, prosecutors say
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced murder charges against a woman in the death of her 16-month-old daughter. Authorities say the…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four…
Continue Reading Colombia honors searchers and sniffer dog that helped find 4 children who survived plane crash
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president has handed out 86 medals to soldiers, Indigenous volunteers and…
Continue Reading Still Cruising: Tom premieres new ‘Mission Impossible’ adventure in Abu Dhabi
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The red carpet unfurled Monday in Abu Dhabi for Hollywood action megastar…
Continue Reading 5 teens killed after vehicle lands in Florida retention pond
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all…
Continue Reading Fox News unveils primetime lineup with Jesse Watters in Tucker Carlson’s former time slot
Jesse Watters will fill the Fox News Channel time slot left vacant by the firing of Tucker Carlson, part of a dramatic revamp of the network’s…
Continue Reading Conditions for Guantanamo detainees are cruel, inhuman and degrading, UN investigator says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo…
Continue Reading Diego Luna talks filming ‘Andor’ final season and the prospects for Latino actors in the Emmys race
By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Diego Luna has mixed emotions about the looming end of his Star Wars series “Andor.”…
Continue Reading Chicago business executive and philanthropist Jim Crown killed in Colorado racetrack crash
WOODY CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jim Crown, an executive and philanthropist who recently announced an effort to rally other Chicago business leaders to…
Continue Reading White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor
A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida was charged…
Continue Reading Clock ticking for West Virginia to select leadership for opioid money distribution
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is finalizing the leadership for a newly created foundation tasked with…
Continue Reading Honduras adopts El Salvador-style tactics in anti-gang crackdown on prison inmates
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has started an El Salvador-style mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last…
Continue Reading Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP. Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that…
Continue Reading Richard Ravitch, public servant who shepherded New York through fiscal crisis, dies at 89
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader Richard Ravitch has died…
Continue Reading Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crime by obeying Ten Commandments
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what…
Continue Reading Pilot killed when small plane hits North Carolina home, 3 inside unharmed, officials say
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a pilot was killed Sunday when a single-engine plane crashed into a home a few blocks from a North Carolina…
Continue Reading John Goodenough, a Nobel Prize-winning co-creator of the revolutionary lithium battery, dies at 100
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the…
Continue Reading NYC will add Diwali as a public school holiday, but there’s a catch this year
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will add the festival of Diwali to the list of public school holidays in recognition of the growth of the city’s…
Continue Reading Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to receive honorary Oscars
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee will be getting a…
Continue Reading Starbucks union says Pride weekend strikes closed 21 US stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The union organizing Starbucks workers said Monday that a strike timed to Pride month closed 21 stores over the…
Continue Reading From Yankees caps to unbuttoned jerseys, MLB is hoping fashion fuels interest in France
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to grow in Europe and is looking for ways to connect with the local fans.…
Continue Reading Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024
By KEVIN McGILL, MARK SHERMAN and SARA CLINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana…
Continue Reading Wife and mother of Titan passengers talks about waiting to hear from the doomed sub
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Christine Dawood was on board a support vessel when she got word that communications had been lost…
Continue Reading Kentucky attorney general is accused of seeking donations from company his office is investigating
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An attorney says Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron solicited donations…
Continue Reading Opened amid uncertainty, Atlantic City’s 2 newest casinos near top of the market 5 years later
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The two newest casinos in Atlantic City are among the most successful. Five years ago,…
Continue Reading Trying to save his life, lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman argue he is mentally ill
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman convicted in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history had psychotic,…
Continue Reading What is a heat dome? Scorching temperatures in Texas are expected to spread to the north and east
By JAKE BLEIBERG, KEN MILLER and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have…
Continue Reading Biden calls mutiny a ‘struggle within the Russian system’ and says US and NATO played no part
By SEUNG MIN KIM, AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Monday that the United States…
Continue Reading Amazon is investing another $7.8B in Ohio-based cloud computing operations, state leaders say
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Amazon’s profitable cloud business will invest roughly $7.8 billion by the end of 2029…
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