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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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4/6/24
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Small town businesses are embracing the eclipse crowds, as weekend festivities heat up before Monday's big event. Overcast skies are forecast for Monday's cosmic wonder across Texas, already packing …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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4/6/24
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President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee report raising more than $90 million in March and ending the year’s first quarter with $192 million-plus in cash on …
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By WILL WEISSERT
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4/6/24
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William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to a branch manager of a bank, he wound up …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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4/5/24
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Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from …
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By STEVE LeBLANC
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4/5/24
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The Latest | With outrage over strike mounting, Israel punishes officers and vows to let more aid in
Israel has fired two military officers and reprimanded three others over the drone strikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza. Israel also said it would take steps to increase the flow of …
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By The Associated Press
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4/5/24
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces. Friday's …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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4/5/24
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Ohio is pulling out all the stops for Monday’s total solar eclipse, as it braces for potentially hundreds of thousands of visitors. At a Friday news conference, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said it …
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH
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4/5/24
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March 29 - April 4, 2024
Rescuers searched for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded following Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. A crowd of people, some weeping, …
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By The Associated Press
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4/5/24
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A beloved giraffe at a zoo in South Dakota has died. On Thursday, the Great Plains Zoo and Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls announced the death of Chioke. He was an 18-year-old reticulated …
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4/4/24
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Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit, has died. For decades, he was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice. Gumbleton was 94. He became a …
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By ED WHITE
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4/4/24
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March 29 - April 4, 2024
Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to …
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By The Associated Press
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4/4/24
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March 29 - April 4, 2024
Worshippers celebrate Easter across the country, Senegalese Muslim migrants pray at a mosque in New York, and dancers perform during auditions for the Radio City …
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By The Associated Press
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4/4/24
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Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
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4/4/24
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No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate
The No Labels group says it won't field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the …
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By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER
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4/4/24
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The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others has rejected arguments by the former president that the indictment was seeking to criminalize political …
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By KATE BRUMBACK
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4/4/24
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Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the …
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4/4/24
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Powerball is about to match a record for lottery drawings with a stretch of more than three months without a jackpot winner. It’s that string of futility that has enabled Powerball’s top prize to …
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE
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4/4/24
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Oklahoma is preparing to execute a death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago. Michael Dewayne Smith is scheduled to receive a lethal …
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By SEAN MURPHY
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4/4/24
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Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal with the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a …
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
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4/4/24
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