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1 hour ago

Endangered missing child alert issued for Bedford County 11-year-old

Virginia State Police has issued a Missing/Endangered Child Alert on behalf of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office for an 11-year-old girl.

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1 hour ago

North Carolina GOP votes to censure Sen. Tillis for support of LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies

Republicans delegates in North Carolina have voted to censure the state’s senior U.S. senator for supporting policies they say violate the GOP platform.

3 hours ago

Biden marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn

President Joe Biden has welcomed hundreds to the White House for a delayed Pride Month celebration.

4 hours ago

Randy Cox, paralyzed in police van, reaches $45 million settlement with New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van last year.

5 hours ago

Theodore 'Ted' Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in federal prison

Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” has died in federal prison.

16 hours ago

Cracked floors, bowed walls: Many warnings but no action at Iowa building before deadly collapse

It seems everyone from the structural engineer to city officials to tenants had concerns about the 116-year-old Davenport apartment building.

17 hours ago

Nebraska Legislature as reality TV, featuring filibuster and culture war drama

Legislative debates can be stuffy.

17 hours ago

Pride is back in Boston as parade returns after quarrel over inclusivity

The biggest Pride parade in New England returns to Boston Saturday after a three-year hiatus.

18 hours ago

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

More changes could be coming to voting districts in some states.

18 hours ago

Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years

Americans may not like political gridlock, but a new Associated Press analysis indicates that the closely divided Congress relatively accurately reflects the desires of voters.

18 hours ago

Florida center says 'Grey Team' technology, exercise help veterans overcome PTSD and other ailments

A Florida organization is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world.

23 hours ago

Judge in FTX bankruptcy rejects media challenge, says customer names can remain secret

A Delaware bankruptcy judge says the names of individual customers of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading can be permanently shielded from public disclosure.

1 day ago

Lawmakers propose to weaken Obama rule requiring airlines to advertise full airfare price

Congress will consider rolling back an Obama-era rule that requires airlines to show the total cost of a ticket when advertising fares.

1 day ago

Florida's 'Dr. Deep' resurfaces after a record 100 days living underwater

A Florida professor known as “Dr. Deep” has resurfaced after spending a record 100 days living underwater.

1 day ago

With GM and Ford embracing Tesla's EV charging technology, here's what it means for consumers

Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge their EVs at many of Tesla’s charging stations, the largest such network in the country.

1 day ago

Chelsea Peretti on her directorial debut 'First Time Female Director,' premiering at Tribeca

Chelsea Peretti plays a first-time director in her directorial debut, “First Time Female Director.”.

1 day ago

Rep. Santos says he's protecting family members by seeking to keep bond cosigners secret

Rep. George Santos says he's just trying to protect family members by asking the courts to keep his bond cosigners secret as he fights criminal charges.

1 day ago

Man who told jurors he had 'fun' at the Capitol riot is sentenced to 6 years in prison

A Virginia man who testified he had “fun” at the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police as he stormed the building.

1 day ago

Montana gas power plant can resume construction, judge rules

NorthWestern Energy will resume construction of a natural gas power plant along Montana’s Yellowstone River following a two-month delay.

1 day ago

Reparations campaigns get boost from new philanthropic funding

A new philanthropic funding initiative announced Friday will support campaigns for reparations for Black Americans.

1 day ago

Man pleads guilty to helping 2 others accused in the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph

A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to helping two other men charged with fatally shooting rapper Young Dolph in a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery.

1 day ago

Texas businessman tied to impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton to appear in federal court

A businessman at the center of the scandal that led to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment is set to make an initial appearance in federal court following his arrest by the FBI.

1 day ago

Chief suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance to be arraigned on extortion charges

The chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has arrived at a courthouse in Alabama to face charges that he tried to extort the missing teen's mother.

1 day ago

Pittsburgh synagogue trial is proving the obvious, but ultimately focused on the death penalty

Worshippers, police officers and other witnesses have testified to the horror of the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack in the ongoing federal trial of Robert Bowers.

1 day ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis woos GOP Christian voters but stays tight-lipped on his own Catholic faith

The presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is busy courting white evangelicals – a key voting bloc for the GOP.

1 day ago

Oregon to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible

Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside.

1 day ago

Pat Robertson united evangelical Christians and pushed them into conservative politics

Pat Robertson united tens of millions of evangelical Christians through the power of television.

1 day ago

Car-obsessed California seeks to follow New York's lead and save public transit

California's transit agencies are asking Democrats who control the state's government to rescue them like Democrats in New York recently did.

1 day ago

Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes.

1 day ago

Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings

A judge overseeing the case against a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students is set to hear arguments over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters.

1 day ago

Live updates | Trump Classified Documents Indictment

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday on social media that he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate.

1 day ago

Nevada Senate vote on proposed A's stadium in Las Vegas extended until next week

The Nevada Senate adjourned on Thursday without voting on a a financing bill for a proposed $1.5 billion Las Vegas Strip stadium for the Oakland Athletics, extending the special legislative session into the next week amid negotiations over whether to contribute $380 million in public funding to the project.

1 day ago

Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law

A judge is deciding whether to sanction two lawyers who blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing.

1 day ago

Social media helps invent, then circulate info on DIY air purifiers amid wildfire smoke

West Coast social media users are sharing their DIY tips for building an air purifier at home as smoke from Canada wildfires are cloaking much of the East Coast.

1 day ago

Biden picks longtime transportation official as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration has another acting leader at the controls.

1 day ago

James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development Interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt has died at age 85.

2 days ago

FBI arrests Texas businessman linked to impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton

FBI agents have arrested a Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

2 days ago

Jury returns $63M verdict after finding Chevron covered up toxic pit on California land

A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer.

2 days ago

New York lawmakers pass bill that considers reparations for slavery

New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature.

2 days ago

Los Angeles district attorney's office quits Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacks

The Los Angeles district attorney's office has left Twitter due to barrage of what the office called vicious homophobic attacks.

2 days ago

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls 'reprehensible'

Mark Seitz, the Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, tells The Associated Press that Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis' flights of migrants from the Texas border to California are “reprehensible” and “not morally acceptable.”.

2 days ago

GM's electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla's vast charging network

Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s vast charging network starting early next year.

2 days ago

The S&P 500 is in a bull market. Here's what that means and how long the bull might run

The S&P 500 is now in what Wall Street refers to as a bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% or more from its most recent low.

2 days ago

As tourists flock to view volcano's latest eruption, Hawaii urges mindfulness, respect

Hawaii tourism officials are urging tourists to be respectful when flocking to a national park on the Big Island to get a glimpse of the latest eruption of Kilauea.

2 days ago

How ‘The Flash,’ many years in the works and beset by turmoil, finally reached the finish line

The Flash may be one of the quickest superheroes in the comics, but getting a movie made based on the characters has been a marathon dating back, in some ways, to the late 1980s.

2 days ago

Donald Trump's lawyers seek to cut sex abuse jury award from $5M to under $1M

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say a $5 million jury award for his sexual abuse and defamation of a columnist in a department store dressing room in 1996 should be slashed to less than $1 million.

2 days ago

Off-duty officer testifies he didn't know just where shots fired from during Parkland massacre

A Florida police officer has testified he didn't initially know where shots were being fired from during the Parkland high school massacre five years ago.

2 days ago

Smoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catch outdoor workers off guard in the East

The hazardous haze from Canada’s wildfires is taking its toll on outdoor workers along the Eastern U.S. who carried on with their daily jobs even as dystopian orange skies forced the cancelation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays.

2 days ago

UAE's al-Jaber promises young activists he'll listen; says nothing about fossil fuel ties

The United Arab Emirates official tapped to head the next global climate summit pledged Thursday to listen to young people demanding a place at the table when negotiators gather in the Gulf nation this fall.

2 days ago

California's Newsom pushes constitutional amendment to tighten gun access amid 2024 campaign

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution that would enshrine into law regulations on guns, including implementing universal background checks and raising the minimum age to buy a firearm to 21.

2 days ago

Under house arrest, fake heiress Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin launches podcast to rehab public image

While under house arrest in New York, Anna Sorokin has launched the podcast, “The Anna Delvey Show.”.

2 days ago

Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions

Lawmakers this year kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana.

2 days ago

Boost for homebuyers: Average long-term US mortgage rate eases from 7-month high to 6.71% this week

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate eased back from a seven-month high this week, a welcome change for homebuyers navigating high borrowing costs and heightened competition for relatively few homes for sale.

2 days ago

Sheriff: White Florida woman claims Black neighbor she shot and killed threatened her first

Authorities say a white Florida woman accused of shooting and killing her Black neighbor told investigators she had been threatened by the victim and in the months before the slaying.

2 days ago

Baltimore police commissioner departing after 4 years; led department through court-ordered reforms

Baltimore’s police commissioner is stepping down after four years in the role.

2 days ago

US applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level since October 2021, but the labor market remains one of the healthiest parts of the U.S. economy.

2 days ago

Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died.

2 days ago

Australian man sentenced to 9 years in prison for gay American's 1988 manslaughter

An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

2 days ago

Officials: Devastating 2021 Colorado blaze caused by smoldering fire outside home and power lines

Authorities say embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line separately caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead.

2 days ago

'Keep them alive': More states legalize fentanyl test strips to combat surging opioid deaths

A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.

2 days ago

Biden invites thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals, singer Betty Who, to Pride Month celebration

President Joe Biden has invited thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals to the White House to celebrate Pride Month.

2 days ago

Portland bans daytime camping, imposes other restrictions

Officials in Portland, Oregon, have voted to pass an ordinance prohibiting camping during daytime hours in most public places as the city struggles to address a longtime homelessness crisis.

2 days ago

2 Connecticut officers fired over treatment of man paralyzed in police van after 2022 arrest

Two police officers in New Haven, Connecticut, have been fired for what authorities call their reckless actions and lack of compassion in handling prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he became paralyzed in the back of a police van last year.

2 days ago

New York City sues 30 counties over 'xenophobic' orders banning migrant relocations

New York City has filed suit against dozens of counties over their refusal to take in new migrants, the latest escalation in an ongoing battle between the city and local leaders across the state.

2 days ago

Autopsy finds North Carolina man died of 'sudden cardiac arrest' during police confrontation

An autopsy has determined that a man who died in January after police officers in North Carolina's capital city repeatedly used stun guns died from “sudden cardiac arrest.”.

3 days ago

In unusual orca sighting, tour spots at least 20 killer whales off San Francisco

Roughly two dozen killer whales were spotted last month off the coast of San Francisco in an uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California.

3 days ago

Workers at Barnes & Noble in Manhattan's Union Square vote to unionize, continuing trend

Workers at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan’s Union Square, one of the retail chain’s signature stores, have voted to unionize.

3 days ago

Black workers at California Tesla factory allege rampant racism, seek class-action status

Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination.

3 days ago

Ex-Florida State football player acquitted in fatal shooting

A South Florida jury has agreed that a former Florida State football player acted in self-defense when he fatally shot one man and injured another several hours after he scuffled with his girlfriend.

3 days ago

Richard Snyder, ‘warrior-king’ of publishing who presided over rise of Simon & Schuster, dead at 90

Richard Snyder, a visionary and imperious executive at Simon & Schuster who presided over the publisher’s exponential rise during the second half of the 20th century and helped define an era of growing corporate power, has died.

3 days ago

Bronze statue of noted American author Willa Cather unveiled in US Capitol

A bronze statue of renowned American author Willa Cather has been unveiled in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.

3 days ago

The Iron Sheik, charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality, dies at 81

The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who played a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport’s biggest stars, has died at age 81.

3 days ago

LA Times announces 74 job cuts due to economic challenges

The Los Angeles Times says it is cutting 74 jobs due to economic challenges as the newspaper strives to transform itself into a digital media organization.

3 days ago

The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday

Many Americans will be marking Juneteenth this month.

3 days ago

Missouri governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, some adults

Transgender minors and some adults soon will be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor.

3 days ago

Prosecutor: Deputy could have stopped Parkland school shooting but chose to take cover

Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago.

3 days ago

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3-month pause

Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has begun erupting again.

3 days ago

Home to Glenn, Armstrong and Wrights perfect spot for Space Command HQ, Ohio lawmakers tell Biden

Congressional delegates from Ohio are promoting Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton as the location for the new Space Command headquarters.

3 days ago

Atlanta organizers unveil plan to stop 'Cop City' at the ballot box

Activists have announced an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed.

3 days ago

Court seeks compromise that might preserve preventive health insurance mandates as appeals play out

Federal appeals court judges are seeking compromise among attorneys involved in a fight over government mandates for preventive health care.

3 days ago

Suspect in fatal shooting after high school graduation arraigned on 2nd-degree murder charges

The suspect in a shooting that left two dead and five others wounded after a Virginia high school graduation has appeared in court.

3 days ago

CNN head Chris Licht is out at the global news network after a brief, tumultuous tenure

Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN, following a series of missteps and plunging ratings.

3 days ago

Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights

Andrew Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, recalls the journey to the signing of the Voting Rights Act as an arduous one, often marked by violence and bloodshed.

3 days ago

Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests

Della Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama, but she says she clearly remembers the police attacking the demonstrators.

3 days ago

Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley's seat

A Black prosecutor who stepped into leadership during protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is running for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's Missouri seat.

3 days ago

New York City goes after Hyundai, Kia after security flaw leads to wave of social media fueled theft

New York City has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, claiming that the automakers’ vehicles are too susceptible to theft.

3 days ago

White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday.

3 days ago

In Fargo, North Dakota, Gov. Doug Burgum jumps into crowded Republican race for president

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum touted his small-town roots and business experience as he announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

3 days ago

‘Home is like a jail’: Afghan soldier weathers injuries, uncertainty in US asylum bid

Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi's days since his release from a Texas immigration detention center have been filled with medical appointments while living in Houston with his brother.

3 days ago

Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative

Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program.

3 days ago

Plea change set for man accused of backing plot to kidnap Michigan governor

A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to change his plea from not guilty.

3 days ago

Is it a 'skip' or a 'pause'? Federal Reserve won't likely raise rates next week but maybe next month

When the Federal Reserve meets next week, Chair Jerome Powell will need to forge a consensus.

3 days ago

US Army Corps revokes permit for Minnesota mine, cites threat to downstream tribe's water standards

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe.

3 days ago

Apple's Vision Pro goggles unleash a mixed reality that could lead to more innovation and isolation

Reporters are a skeptical bunch, so it was unusual to hear so many of them raving about their firsthand experience with Apple’s next Big Thing.

3 days ago

Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101

Françoise Gilot, a prolific painter who was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso — and for leaving him — died on Tuesday in Manhattan.

3 days ago

Virginia jet crash victims remembered: "I could not love a human being more"

More details are emerging about four people killed when a private jet crashed in Virginia after causing a scare over Washington.

3 days ago

7 wounded in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital

Authorities in Richmond, Virginia, say seven people were shot following a high school graduation ceremony held at a downtown theater near Virginia Commonwealth University.

3 days ago

Giuliani denies claims he coerced woman to have sex, says she's trying to stir 'media frenzy'

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is denying a woman's claims that he forced her to have sex and owes her $2 million in unpaid wages.

Democrats: Lives could be lost due to Republican walkout in Oregon Legislature

Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of the state Capitol and implored Republicans, who have been boycotting the Senate for over a month, to return and vote on bills.

A look at restrictions on LGBTQ+ people in the US, and the pushback

A Florida law banning transgender youth from getting medical treatment is temporarily on hold after a surprise decision by a federal judge.

Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here's how to stay safe

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning.

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