A Tennessee man is convicted of killing 2 at a high school basketball game in 2021
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been convicted of killing two men and wounding a third in a shooting at a high school basketball game…
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Cutting in line? American Airlines’ new boarding tech might stop you at now over 100 airports
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sneaking a little ahead of line to get on that plane faster? American Airlines might stop you. In an apparent…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina elections chief wants senator to take back comment about vote manipulation
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections’ top administrator wants a powerful legislator to retract a…
Continue ReadingTrump convinced Republicans to overlook his misconduct. But can he do the same for his nominees?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidency, he’s tried to demonstrate his dominance by naming…
Continue ReadingCanada’s Irving Tissue plans a $600 million factory expansion in Georgia, hiring 100 more workers
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A Canadian company will spend $600 million to expand its tissue paper mill in Georgia, hiring 100 more workers. Irving Tissue…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about a storm bringing high winds, heavy rain, snow to California and Pacific Northwest
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the strongest storms on the West Coast in decades knocked out power for thousands of people, unleashed strong winds…
Continue ReadingCouple dies in West Virginia after car crashes into toll plaza building
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A senior citizen couple has died in West Virginia after their car crashed into a toll booth plaza administration building.…
Continue ReadingEx-sheriff indicted on murder charge in the slaying of a judge in Kentucky
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff has been indicted in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse…
Continue ReadingBank makes hundreds of millions in loans available to assist Helene recovery in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Truist Financial Corporation has announced that it is making hundreds of millions of dollars in loans available to…
Continue ReadingTensions rise as teachers remain on the picket line in 3 Massachusetts communities
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Tensions continued to rise as teacher strikes in three Massachusetts communities slogged through another week.…
Continue ReadingThe dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office,…
Continue ReadingDominican Republic says colonel and officers stole police weapons and ammunition to sell to Haitians
Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a colonel and nine officers accused…
Continue ReadingTrudeau to cut sales tax and send checks to millions of Canadians as election looms
Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of…
Continue ReadingLawsuit challenges Hawaii’s gun ownership ban for young adults
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A new lawsuit takes aim at Hawaii’s ban on gun ownership for those 18 to 20 years old. Second Amendment…
Continue ReadingRepublicans rally around Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are rallying around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina official overseeing hurricane rebuilding efforts is no longer in role
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency is no longer working in…
Continue ReadingUN nuclear agency’s board condemns Iran for the 2nd time this year for failing to fully cooperate
Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the…
Continue ReadingNew York building superintendent is charged with stealing $350,000 from 100-year-old man
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City building superintendent has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old…
Continue ReadingWarrants put Israeli PM and others in a small group of leaders accused of crimes against humanity
Associated Press The decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and a top Hamas official…
Continue ReadingGeorgia woman convicted of killing her toddler sentenced to life in prison
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman convicted of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago has been sentenced…
Continue ReadingTrump’s incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She’ll face a raft of special interests
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his election victory is likely to embolden those who…
Continue ReadingOil company Phillips 66 faces federal charges related to alleged Clean Water Act violations
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oil company Phillips 66 has been federally indicted in connection with alleged violations of the Clean Water…
Continue ReadingHistorically bad year for dolphin strandings on Cape Cod has scientists looking for answers
Associated Press Scientists say an unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the…
Continue ReadingA Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors say
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel who lived in the U.S. under a phony identity after faking his own…
Continue ReadingRemains found in Pennsylvania in 1973 are identified as a missing 14-year-old
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say they’ve identified remains found 51 years ago as a missing 14-year-old girl from York.…
Continue ReadingTrump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelations
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, conspiracy theories still swirl and any new…
Continue ReadingPutin touts Russia’s new missile and delivers a menacing warning to NATO
The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was…
Continue ReadingGunfire breaks out at the home of South Sudan’s former spy chief who is under house arrest
Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Heavy gunfire has erupted in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country’s former spy…
Continue ReadingAttorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi’s felony voting ban is cruel and unusual
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s practice of removing voting rights for certain felonies is cruel and unusual. That is…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Modi seeks energy security from Guyana and its vast oil deposits
Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his government views the South American country of Guyana as…
Continue ReadingTrucking company owner sentenced on charges related to crash that killed 7 bikers
BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a trucking company was sentenced Thursday to two months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for lying…
Continue ReadingPenn State wins trademark case over retailer’s use of vintage logos, images
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Penn State has won a closely watched trademark fight over an online retailer’s use of its vintage sports…
Continue ReadingSeveral of Trump’s Cabinet picks — and Trump himself — have been accused of sexual misconduct
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While Matt Gaetzhas withdrawn from the nomination process for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump has…
Continue ReadingBear cub returned to the wild after being harassed by locals in North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina wildlife officials say a bear cub has been returned to the wild after it was pulled from a tree as a person…
Continue ReadingBrazilian police formally accuse former President Bolsonaro and aides of alleged 2022 coup attempt
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of…
Continue ReadingCasino workers who want smoking ended demonstrate in New Jersey
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With their push to end smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos going nowhere fast in either the courts…
Continue ReadingSEC Chair Gary Gensler, who led US crackdown on cryptocurrencies, to step down
AP Business Writers Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, who was aggressive in his oversight of cryptocurrencies and other…
Continue ReadingPathologist disputes finding that Marine veteran’s chokehold caused subway rider’s death
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A forensic pathologist disputes a New York City medical examiner’s determination that former Marine Daniel…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire fathers who were punished for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” to represent female…
Continue ReadingAverage rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US rises to highest level since July
AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged closer to 7% this week, climbing to its highest level since July.…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles to join Snoop Dogg as a guest mentor for an episode on NBC’s ‘The Voice’
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles turned their Olympic bond from this summer’s Paris Games into a new…
Continue ReadingAlabama carries out nation’s third nitrogen gas execution on a man for a hitchhiker’s killing
Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a female hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden and made…
Continue ReadingTrump chooses loyalist Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Matt Gaetz withdraws
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Attorney General Chris Carr launches Republican bid in 2026 governor’s race
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says he’s running for governor in 2026. The Republican’s announcement…
Continue ReadingIs ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters
AP Film Writer “Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying to recreate it. This…
Continue ReadingWhat you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google’s search monopoly
U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an…
Continue ReadingWisconsin kayaker who faked his own death has told investigators how he did it, sheriff says
Associated Press GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A sheriff says a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and…
Continue ReadingMexico acknowledges Canada’s concerns about a Chinese auto plant, but says none exists
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has acknowledged that Canada is concerned about reports of a Chinese company’s auto plant in…
Continue ReadingGold-plated rose stolen from NYC 9/11 memorial honoring influential pastor
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are searching for a man accused of stealing a gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church…
Continue ReadingHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the…
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