By JONATHAN J. COOPER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and GABRIEL SANDOVAL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, a late-stage shakeup of the race that could give the former president a modest ...
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishing third in this week's primary. Her decision left ...
By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence of no more than 40 years for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty Friday to federal civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers on Friday struggled to pin down the full financial impact of legalizing recreational marijuana, a factor voters will see when they decide a ballot measure on the issue this November. Key in the discussion between ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic plants from around the world. Such plots of land dotted Britain's colonies and ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's family is millions of dollars behind on payments to employees' health insurance fund at their financially beleaguered hotel, putting workers' coverage at risk despite the U.S. Senate candidate's ...
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press At least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. They include the special agent in charge of the ...
AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases, Americans will be able to get free virus test kits mailed to their homes, starting in late September. U.S. households will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests when the ...
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor's door before they fatally shot her. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson's ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing of his former girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter a second life sentence. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker sentenced Rashad Trice Friday, one week after he was sentenced to ...
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' state police chief who came under scrutiny over the hesitant response to the Robb Elementary school shooting in 2022 and has overseen Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's aggressive efforts to stop migrant crossings on the U.S.-Mexico ...
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov. Roy Cooper's administration violated the constitutional rights of its ...
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The makings of a presidential ticket began in an unusual spot six months ago: a Minnesota abortion clinic. At the time, it was a historic visit for Vice President Kamala Harris — no president or vice president had ever made a public ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON, Wyoming (AP) — With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Powell did not say when ...
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee says more cooperation among county officials would improve conditions in Fulton County's jail, but it also called on the city of Atlanta to hand over all of its former jail to the county to house prisoners. The ...
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland police officer was convicted on Friday of charges that he joined a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance. U.S. District ...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two freight trains collided and derailed in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday night, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members, according to police. The Boulder Police Department said on the social platform X that the crash happened north of Boulder ...
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Will two NASA astronauts return to Earth soon in their troubled Boeing capsule? Or wait at the International Space Station for a ride home next year with SpaceX? NASA has been wrestling with that decision ever since Butch ...
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A 12-year-old girl sleeping in her bed was fatally struck when someone fired several shots into three homes in an Ohio city early Friday, authorities said. It's not clear why the shootings occurred, Dayton police Maj. Brian Johns said, and no other injuries were reported. ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avoid the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs for U.S. Senate, the resort announced Thursday. The Republican governor's family had been set to appear ...