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By 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
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal district court has blocked Florida from enforcing a law that bans medical care for transgender children, calling it “unconstitutional.” “Gender identity is real,” District Judge Robert Hinkle wrote, going on to say Florida’s law banning care for transgender youth and restricting it for transgender
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The Biden administration is pushing to prevent medical debt from being considered in most decisions made over whether someone qualifies to rent an apartment, buy a car or take on a mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it is planning a rule that would remove medical bills from
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been pushing for but kept
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer from a state judicial ethics panel a week after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme. Liberal advocates have been calling for Jim Troupis to step
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — American intelligence officials believe that Yahya Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza who is thought to be the group’s key decision-maker on any potential ceasefire deal, likely believes the group can survive Israel’s attempt to destroy it and feels confident it is well-positioned
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials are working to bring home four injured instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were stabbed in the northeast Chinese city of Jilin where they were teaching. Jilin city police said Tuesday a 55-year-old man surnamed Cui was walking in a public park
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close overall on Wall Street Tuesday, but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite still managed to notch more record highs. The subdued trading came ahead of a key inflation report and the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate policy decision
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY and FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ Associated Press VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — “Here, again.” Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands. Since fleeing crisis in Venezuela in January, the 23-year-old had trekked through the Darien Gap jungle dividing Colombia and Panama, narrowly survived being kidnapped by
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