As Ukrainian troops probe Russian defenses, Kyiv’s forces face an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war. But Moscow also has learned from those blunders and …
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By The Associated Press
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6/12/23
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Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon are in possible jeopardy after a nearly six-week Republican walkout has stalled hundreds of bills. The GOP standoff …
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By CLAIRE RUSH
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6/12/23
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A Utah mother of three who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then wrote a children’s book about grieving has been scheduled for a bail hearing. A judge on Monday will determine whether …
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By SAM METZ
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6/12/23
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A group of Montana youth who say their lives are already being affected by climate change and that state government is failing to protect them, are the first of dozens of such efforts to get their …
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By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN
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6/12/23
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Three people were killed and three wounded in a shooting Sunday night at a house in the Maryland’s capital city, the police chief said. Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson told reporters at a …
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By BRIAN WITTE
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6/11/23
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Songwriter Cynthia Weil was honored during a music-filled memorial service in Beverly Hills. Weil, the Grammy-winning lyricist who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann, died …
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
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6/11/23
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An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire. The blaze closed a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main …
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By RON TODT
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6/11/23
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A Mississippi civil rights lawyer has been arrested while filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court. Jill Collen Jefferson' attorney says she …
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By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
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6/11/23
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Orden David took the government of his island nation of Antigua and Barbuda to court to end his country’s anti-sodomy law. Last year, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruled the law …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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6/11/23
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Several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations in recent years. Courts in Belize in 2016 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2018 found such laws unconstitutional. Last year, …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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6/11/23
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Two Southern Baptist churches ousted for having women pastors will be appealing that decision at the Southern Baptist Convention's upcoming annual meeting. Saddleback Church's founding pastor, Rick …
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By PETER SMITH
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6/11/23
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A mobile clinic in Baltimore is expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication that treats opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms. The city’s “Healthcare on the Spot” …
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By LEA SKENE
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6/11/23
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The looming smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator whose stench sickened and angered Detroit residents for decades is coming down in a controlled implosion. The plan to reduce the smokestack to …
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By COREY WILLIAMS
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6/11/23
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Former UFC champion Conor McGregor knocked out the Miami Heat mascot in a midgame bit that went wrong. Burnie — more specifically, the man who occupies Burnie’s costume — briefly sought medical …
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6/10/23
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The WNBA says Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday. The league said in a statement it was looking into the team’s …
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6/10/23
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June is Pride Month in many parts of the world. It's a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest threats to hard-won civil rights. In the U.S., this …
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By The Associated Press
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6/10/23
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Police in San Francisco say nine people are expected to survive after being wounded in a mass shooting. The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. on Friday in the city's Mission District. The San …
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6/10/23
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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. New …
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON
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6/10/23
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Montenegro votes in an early parliamentary election which is seen as a test of whether the small NATO-member Balkan country can overcome deep internal political divisions and instability that have …
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By PREDRAG MILIC
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6/10/23
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Nearly two years before Donald Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified records, federal prosecutors say he was showing off “highly confidential” military plans to guests at his New Jersey …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
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6/10/23
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