The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says he's afraid fellow inmates will kill him if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder. …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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8/5/22
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Las Vegas police say they have arrested a man who shot three acquaintances in a Las Vegas Strip resort hotel room, killing one and wounding two. Capt. Dori Koren tweeted early Friday that the alleged …
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8/5/22
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An economist says conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company Free Speech Systems are worth up to $270 million. The testimony came Friday in front of a jury trying to determine if Jones should …
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By JIM VERTUNO
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8/5/22
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez was among those almost hit as a large SUV drove through a Native American parade in western New Mexico, causing multiple injuries. Police took the driver into …
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8/5/22
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Grammy-winning country trio Lady A is postponing its tour this year as band member Charles Kelley focuses on sobriety. The group said in a social media post that the band would be “taking time with …
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The Associated Press
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8/5/22
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Thunderstorms have returned to parts of Kentucky already reeling from devastating floods. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Sunday evening for areas that were hit hard a …
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By JOHN RABY
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8/5/22
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Worshippers, tourists and visitors around the world are increasingly joining virtual reality spiritual trips to some of Earth’s most sacred sites. Without ever leaving home, you can gaze at the …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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8/5/22
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Authorities in Indonesia arrested three foreigners for distributing cocaine on the Indonesian resort island of Bali at the end of July. Officers from the National Narcotics Agency seized almost 2 …
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By FIRDIA LISNAWATI
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8/5/22
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The NCAA earned praise last year when it agreed to pay referees at its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments equally. The gesture only cost about $100,000, a tiny fraction of the roughly $900 …
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By DOUG FEINBERG
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8/5/22
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Reining in the soaring prices of insulin has thus far been elusive in Congress, although Democrats say they’ll try again — as part of their economic package that focuses on health and climate. …
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By AMANDA SEITZ
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8/5/22
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JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 2022
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from North America made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
The selection was …
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8/5/22
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South Korea is on its way to the moon. SpaceX launched the Asian nation's first lunar explorer Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellite is taking a long, roundabout path and will …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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8/4/22
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New York state health officials have issued a more urgent call for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the …
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8/4/22
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Authorities say four people have been found dead in two burning homes in a small community in northeastern Nebraska. Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said at a news conference that a man was …
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8/4/22
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There’s a new mouth to feed to at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. A full-term hippopotamus was born Wednesday night. The baby is a sibling to Fiona, a hippo who became a global celebrity when …
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8/4/22
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Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump administration spokeswoman who broke from her old boss following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, will be the conservative voice on the daytime talk show …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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8/4/22
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended the elected state prosecutor of Tampa for pledging not to enforce the state’s new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender transition treatments for …
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
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8/4/22
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is in the U.S. to speak to one of the nation's largest gatherings of conservative activists. The autocratic leader has a headline spot Tuesday at the …
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By PAUL J. WEBER
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8/4/22
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Melissa Bank, whose 1999 bestseller “The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing” was a series of interconnected stories widely praised for its wit and precise language and embraced by many young …
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8/4/22
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