Seattle police staffing woes prompt emergency dispatch plan
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s police department is sending detectives and non-patrol staff to respond to emergency calls because of an officer…
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Abortion supporters ask Oklahoma court to put 3 laws on hold
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Reproductive rights supporters are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to put three anti-abortion laws on hold, including…
Continue Reading Caesars Entertainment, Spiegelworld ink $75M theaters deal
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Caesars Entertainment and the company that produces the show “Absinthe” in Las Vegas…
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Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit…
Continue Reading Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit…
Continue Reading Envoy aborts visit to Myanmar, straining ASEAN relations
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar says a special envoy appointed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations canceled his…
Continue Reading Liberian teen hailed hero after finding, returning $50,000
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A teenager in Liberia has become a national hero after finding $50,000 on the…
Continue Reading Italy ship captain convicted after sending migrants to Libya
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A court in Naples has convicted the captain of an Italian commercial ship that…
Continue Reading Michigan governor orders urgent response to lead crisis
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered a “whole-of-government” response to elevated…
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Over a thousand cosmic explosions traced to mysterious repeating fast radio burst
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Talk about a cosmic temper tantrum. An outburst of explosions has been traced back to a mysterious repeating fast radio…
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German minister faults airlines on Belarus migrant arrivals
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says airlines that fly would-be migrants to the European Union to Belarus should ask themselves whether…
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With fans back, NBA reiterates need for appropriate behavior
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The NBA is welcoming their fans back with hopes everyone plays by the rules again. The league is…
Continue Reading Actors of Indian descent proud to lead Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As kids growing up in different states, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a love of…
Continue Reading Raiders begin picking up the pieces with trip to Denver
By The Associated Press The 123rd meeting between AFC West rivals Las Vegas and Denver pits two teams who are evenly matched. Both the Raiders and…
Continue Reading UK police boss quits after comments about murder victim
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British police chief has resigned after sparking an outcry with comments he made about how women…
Continue Reading Alabama man sentenced to death for killing wife and family
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his estranged wife, her unborn child and three other people in north Alabama has been sentenced…
Continue Reading $224M Georgia Power rate hike likely for nuclear plant
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. customers will likely pay another $224 million a year for the first of two nuclear…
Continue Reading In Chile, Haitians grow weary of waiting, eye journey to US
By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — More than 100,000 Haitians in Chile are facing a Monday deadline to regularize their…
Continue Reading Ukraine: Nationalists protest peace deal on separatist areas
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — About 5,000 Ukrainian nationalists have marched across the capital Kyiv Thursday to demand the repudiation of peace agreements…
Continue Reading Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn app in China amid scrutiny
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft says it is shutting down its main LinkedIn app in China later this year following tighter…
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