By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore say they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the port by the end of this month. The bridge collapsed on March 26 after being struck by a
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Just over a week after the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced it plans to fully reopen the channel leading to the Baltimore port by the end of May – a significant update since the disaster halted
Continue ReadingFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say one person was killed and two others were hospitalized when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue says crews were in the process of “stepping the crane” Thursday during the construction of a high-rise building when a section being
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Court of Appeals says the state’s near total ban on abortion may infringe on the religious freedom of some residents. The ruling released Thursday is tied to a lawsuit challenging the ban and filed by four residents and the group Hoosier Jews for Choice. The three-judge
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Tennessee and Colorado legislatures have passed bills that would have vastly different impacts on LGBTQ+ foster children. The Republican supermajority in Tennessee passed a measure that would allow children to be placed with families that hold anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs. Colorado’s Democratic majority
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Their memories are blurry. Of AAU tournaments and Team USA practices. Of gold medals and deep 3s. Of the girl with the brown ponytail with the unlimited range who always seemed to know what was coming next and the blonde who never got rattled with the
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former Weymouth, Massachusetts. police officer has been charged after he allegedly assaulted a man in his custody nearly two years ago by punching him about a dozen times without justification. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 43-year-old Justin Chappell was charged with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, Tara John and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has approved the reopening of the Erez crossing between Israel and northern Gaza for the first time since the October 7 Hamas attacks, a decision that came soon after US President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — New vehicle sales in the U.S. rose 5.1% from January through March, as buyers stayed in the market despite high interest rates. But electric vehicle sales growth slowed during the first three months of the year, with mainstream buyers wary of limited range and a lack
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor in Kansas are close to winning final legislative approval for a compromise plan to cut the state’s taxes. But the last vote the measure faced Thursday involved a large and bipartisan group of critics. The state Senate voted
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the sensitive records after he left office. Lawyers for Trump had cited a 1978 statute known as the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. That represents 54% of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. House race in California appears headed for a mathematically improbable result – after more than 180,000 votes were cast, a tie for second place. If the numbers hold, that means that the state’s “top two” election system would have to make
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. House race in California appears headed for a mathematically improbable result – after more than 180,000 votes were cast, a tie for second place. If the numbers hold, that means that the state’s “top two” election system would have to make
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Two of college basketball’s biggest stars will face off when Iowa and Caitlin Clark meet UConn and Paige Bueckers in the Final Four. Clark is a two-time National Player of the Year trying to guide the Hawkeyes to their first NCAA championship. Bueckers has returned to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys has agreed to change the definition of “diversity” to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative law firm. The lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty in December argued the internship program unconstitutionally discriminates based on race.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A doctor from De Pere becomes the first Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. Kristin Lyerly entered the race Thursday for the open seat created after the surprise retirement of Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher. She launches her candidacy two weeks before Gallagher plans to step
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor in Kansas are close to winning final legislative approval for a compromise plan to cut the state’s taxes. But the last vote the measure faced Thursday involved a large and bipartisan group of critics. The state Senate voted
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials say that Myanmar’s escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people. It’s also having “alarming spillover effects” in neighboring countries. Assistant Secretary-General for
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office is raising questions about the $175 million bond Donald Trump posted in the civil fraud case and has asked for more information to prove it’s financially sound. Trump filed the bond Monday night after gaining a reprieve from a New York appeals court that
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