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A Florida man is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection 30 years after he killed a college freshman and raped the victim’s older sister while the siblings were camping in a national …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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8/29/24
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A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this summer targeting “crisis pregnancy centers” that Healey calls strictly …
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By STEVE LeBLANC
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8/29/24
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Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices. They'll also vote on dozens of contentious issues involving life, health, crime and taxes. More than …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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8/29/24
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Nvidia is Wall Street's 2nd-most valuable company. How it keeps beating expectations, by the numbers
Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that easily exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts. The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial …
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Associated Press
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8/28/24
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An escaped water buffalo is headed to a large animal hospital days after it wandered away from a suburban Iowa property and through the neighborhood. Officials say the injured animal was located in a …
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8/28/24
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A San Diego police officer killed when a fleeing vehicle crashed into his patrol car had been with the department since 2019. Thirty-year-old Officer Austin Machitar died in the collision late Monday …
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8/28/24
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An evidentiary hearing is set for a man on Missouri's death row who thought DNA evidence uncovered in his case was enough to save him. A decades-old mistake by a prosecutors office has kept Marcellus …
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By JIM SALTER
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8/28/24
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The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges. Victims' families and survivors of the killing of 49 patrons at …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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8/28/24
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Officials with L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Net say they will commit $90 million over five years to build a robust and highly coordinated health care network for homeless people. Homeless people …
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By EUGENE GARCIA and JANIE HAR
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8/28/24
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An ostrich brought traffic to a halt in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as motorists tried to lure and nudge the towering bird off a multilane thoroughfare. Drivers called Sioux Falls police just before …
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8/28/24
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Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer. Now, climate change and evolving agriculture are …
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By MELINA WALLING
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8/28/24
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Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against …
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By The Associated Press
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8/28/24
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As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others who have tried the same. Since 1836, only one sitting vice …
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By HILLEL ITALIE
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8/28/24
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The latest flurry of Gaza cease-fire talks — the back-and-forth over now-familiar sticking points and appeals from around the world — obscures a grim truth about the monthslong efforts to end the …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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8/28/24
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Second Amendment activists in Hawaii are celebrating a recent legal change that allows them to carry not just guns but other weapons -- from battle-axes to butterfly knives — openly in public. …
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
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8/28/24
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Police in a suburban New York county have made their first arrest under a new law banning face masks
Police in the suburbs of New York City have made the first arrest under a new local law banning face masks. Nassau County Police say officers on Sunday night responded to reports of a suspicious …
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By PHILIP MARCELO
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8/27/24
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A federal appeals court has rejected Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
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8/27/24
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One person has died in a crash on Interstate 40 in Arkansas that backed up traffic for hours on the busy highway. The Arkansas Department of Transportation says the crash involving two …
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8/27/24
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A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri. The male eagle was found injured in central Missouri on July 11. A volunteer with the World Bird Sanctuary picked him …
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By JIM SALTER
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8/27/24
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A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can be enforced while a legal challenge plays out. The decision handed down on Monday cleared the way for Florida to …
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By KATE PAYNE
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8/27/24
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