By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals must provide abortions if needed to stabilize patients, a step that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on whether conservative states can bar abortions during
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A reworked version of a bill that originally caught flak for removing a pandemic-era health exemption for wearing a mask in public has been approved by North Carolina lawmakers. The amended bill approved Tuesday still increases punishments for people wearing masks while committing a crime. It
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows relatively few Americans say they’re fans of President Joe Biden’s work on the issue of student loans. The survey from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds three
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands are taking a day of their U.S. trip to visit Savannah, Georgia — a city that is both a historic gem and a growing powerhouse in global trade. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima arrived Tuesday morning at Savannah City
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Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A pastry competition kicked off what Chef Emeril Lagasse calls a kind of “culinary Olympics” taking place in New Orleans this week. The Pastry World Cup event started Tuesday. It coincides with the Bocuse d’Or Americas competitions. While pastry was the focus Tuesday, events involving savory creations open Wednesday. Participants are
Continue ReadingCLAYTON, Ohio (AP) — State troopers in Ohio say a truck hauling more than 150 pigs overturned on an Ohio interstate highway ramp. Troopers say the driver on Tuesday suffered serious injuries and roughly half of the pigs were killed in the crash or had to be euthanized. Authorities did manage to corral the pigs
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billy Ray Cyrus has filed for divorce from singer Firerose after seven months of marriage. The 62-year-old country musician filed for divorce from the 36-year-old whose legal name is Johanna Rose Hodges in a Tennessee court on May 22, citing irreconcilable differences and “inappropriate marital conduct.”
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge considering a conservative outlet’s public records case about a Nashville elementary school shooter has ordered the organization to appear in court after it published stories on similar documents allegedly leaked to them. On Monday, Nashville chancellor set a June 17 hearing for Star
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Same-sex spouses were typically younger and were more likely to be employed than those in opposite-sex marriages, although many of those differences disappeared after the legalization of gay marriage in 2015. That’s according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Almost 1.5 million people lived with
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report says violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine. The annual report on Children
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH and DAVE COLLINS Four campaign workers have been charged with mishandling absentee ballots during the 2019 Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city. They include a woman at the center of a similar controversy that occurred during the recent mayoral primary. Wanda Geter-Pataky, the vice chairperson of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee,
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Hamdi Alkhshali and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Talks to bring about a ceasefire and hostage deal that could stop the war in Gaza were thrown into doubt when Israel characterized a Hamas response to the latest proposal as a rejection, precipitating a blame game between the two sides. Hamas had submitted its
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Waffle House is increasing pay for its U.S. workers after a push from labor advocates. In a video message to employees late last month, Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers III said base pay without tips would rise to at least $3 per hour in June and then gradually rise
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers are seeking the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Austin Theriault and Mike Soboleski are members of the Maine House of Representatives. They face each other Tuesday in a Republican primary
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A man who Atlanta police say held a gun to the head of a bus driver is in custody after the hijacked bus led authorities on a rush hour chase Tuesday, and another person found shot on the bus has now died, officials say. Police said they will not
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court says a mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated. Monday’s ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld an order issued
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer The sport of cricket is as foreign to most Americans as driving on the left-hand side of the road or drinking warm beer. This year, though, the United States is getting a close-up view of the bat-and-ball sport originally from England that resembles a cockeyed version of baseball where
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a gunman shot three people at a food court in downtown Atlanta before then getting shot by a police officer. Police say all four people who were shot Tuesday afternoon at the Peachtree Center food court are expected to survive, including the suspect. During a
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Former president Donald Trump’s company says he is not the holder of liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf clubs. Tuesday’s statement by The Trump Organization came in response to an inquiry by the New Jersey attorney general’s office into whether his convictions in
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