NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through the South have forced hundreds of Georgia residents to flee in minutes, leaving them distraught about the homes and animals they left behind. The fires that spread this week during an extreme drought in Georgia and Florida have blanketed cities hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in smoke, leading […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Opening statements were set to begin Thursday in the retrial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the 2020 killing of Black man who was shot multiple times in the back while entering his grandmother’s house. The shooting of Casey Goodson Jr. by former Franklin […]
MACAPA, Brazil (AP) — Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest has long brought deforestation that threatens the people who live there. The roadwork has also shown glimpses of the region’s past long before Europeans arrived to reshape it. The construction often requires archaeological surveys before the paving starts, and some of the latest discoveries have […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Will President Donald Trump send troops into Iran? Will he rename the Strait of Hormuz after himself? Will he post again praising Allah? No one knows the answers, but online betting companies that allow people to wager on Trump policies and statements are profiting — including some backed by his oldest […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The Defense Department released video footage of U.S. forces on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance, according to a new AP-NORC poll. Trump’s return to the presidency was fueled by a wide-ranging coalition that built on his loyal base of supporters. Now that Trump has been in the White House […]
BERLIN (AP) — Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splattered with red liquid on Thursday as he left a building in Berlin. Pahlavi had just departed a news briefing, during which he criticized the ceasefire between the Unites States and Iran, when the incident occurred outside Germany’s federal press conference building. He then waved […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants government food assistance programs to foot the bill for rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. The senators this week introduced what they’re calling the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, which would make the supermarket staple an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, formerly known […]
QOZ NAFISA, Sudan (AP) — It’s always been challenging for Abbas Awad to find medicines in his village outside Sudan ’s capital. But since the war in Iran, it’s become harder. Prices have spiked and many pharmacies in the area are out of stock. The latest war in the Middle East has far-reaching effects, including […]
A second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon was set to start Thursday in Washington, while the prospects of Iran-U.S. talks in Pakistan seemed dubious as the Islamic Republic accused the Americans of a “lack of good faith” in negotiations. Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two trains collided in Denmark early Thursday, prompting a massive emergency response for what police called a major accident. The collision occurred north of Copenhagen. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured.
HONG KONG (AP) — Stocks retreated in Asia on Thursday after an initial jump that pushed Japan’s Nikkei 225 index above 60,000 for the first time, while oil prices gained as investors reacted to shaky prospects for more talks on ending the war with Iran. U.S. futures also fell back after indexes on Wall Street […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Even with all his family wealth, there is no way for Burt Jones to outspend billionaire Rick Jackson in the Republican primary for Georgia governor. So Jones tried something else — harnessing his leadership of the state Senate to seek an edge over Jackson. Using his position as lieutenant governor, Jones pushed […]
ELLERBE, N.C.. (AP) — Andre The Giant, a towering menace in the wrestling ring but a gentle giant on the movie screen, is being honored with a roadside marker in his beloved adopted small town in North Carolina. Officials plan to unveil the marker Thursday in Ellerbe, North Carolina, a community of about 1,000 people […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship, prompting a rush of people to explore their ancestry and file paperwork seeking dual citizenship. For people like Zack Loud of Farmington, Minnesota, it was a surprise to learn that under a new law, Canada already considered […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for singer D4vd are pushing to have prosecutors quickly and publicly present the evidence they have against him in the killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old girl from Lake Elsinore, California. The 21-year-old whose legal name is David Burke returns to a Los Angeles court for a hearing Thursday, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is working through the night as Republicans are trying to pass funding for two immigration enforcement agencies over Democratic objections and reopen the Department of Homeland Security. The lengthy session is the first step in a complicated process as Republicans seek to work around Democrats’ blockade of the funding for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times says the FBI investigated whether one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, violated laws against stalking after she wrote a story nearly two months ago about how federal agents had been assigned to protect and give rides to FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend. The FBI said Wednesday that […]
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — The Kennedy Center is poised to undergo major renovations, with President Donald Trump calling it “tired, broken, and dilapidated.” Matt Floca, the new executive director, led journalists through the building on Wednesday, highlighting water damage and outdated equipment. Repairs are expected to take two years, with Congress providing $257 million for […]
The decision in Colorado to charge an immigration officer with assault after a protester was grabbed by the neck and pulled across a street could test the boundaries of immunity provisions for federal agents as states scrutinize the use of force under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. A Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday that the officer […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The hottest new celebrity in Washington, D.C., is Asian elephant calf Linh Mai, who made her public debut Wednesday at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. She is the first elephant calf born at the zoo in 25 years. Mother elephant Nhi Linh gave birth to Linh Mai on Feb. 2 after nearly two […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Voting and civil rights groups sued Alaska elections officials Wednesday, alleging that their sharing of the state’s full voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice violates the state constitution. Alaska is one of at least 12 states that has provided or said it would provide detailed information about its […]
A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast’s media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social media manager job upon returning from maternity leave and following years of what she described as sexual harassment and workplace gender bias. The lawsuit, filed by Lorrayne Mavromatis in federal court in North Carolina on Wednesday, […]
