By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over a state law that would put $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for private schools. The court will hear arguments Tuesday. A chancery judge blocked the law in 2022 after nonprofit
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia, where Chinese stocks surged after a government investment fund said it would step up stock purchases and a report said leader Xi Jinping was set to meet with officials to discuss the markets. Oil prices rose and U.S. futures were
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Cannabis retailers in Connecticut are experiencing a shortage of marijuana, while just across the border in New York growers recently dealt with an excess. Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use a year ago. There were then seven dispensaries and four producers in the state.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Look for Lionel Messi to play in Wednesday’s friendly in Tokyo with Inter Miami facing Japanese club Vissel Kobe. And don’t look for another public-relations disaster as happened on Sunday when Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain sat on the bench for the entire match against a selection
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) — The quaint town of Littleton, New Hampshire, is seeing more tourists, drawn to a main street where rainbow colors and gay pride symbols are on display alongside American flags. Its population of 6,000 is growing younger and more diverse, supporting LGBTQ art and
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Tuesday’s vote is expected to be deeply partisan and a highly unusual attack on a Cabinet official. Focused on border security, Republicans in the House argue that Mayorkas has “refused to comply” with immigration
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A major Chinese state investment fund has promised to expand its purchases of stock index funds to help support sagging markets. Shares logged moderate gains after the announcement by Central Huijin Investment. Central Huijin Investment is a Chinese sovereign fund. It has stepped up buying of
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury in Michigan is returning to court for the second day of deliberations in the trial of a school shooter’s mother. Jurors will return Tuesday to a suburban Detroit court. They put in a full day Monday without reaching a verdict. Jennifer Crumbley is charged
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republican contenders are filing petitions to appear on New Mexico’s June 4 primary ballot. They hope to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and reclaim a congressional swing seat along the U.S. border with Mexico. State election regulators received signature petitions Tuesday from candidates
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is going small to try to win big in November. With 10 months to go until Election Day, the Democratic incumbent is all in on minimalist events — visits to a boba tea store, a family’s kitchen and a barbershop, for example
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding elections for a new parliament on Thursday. No less than 44 political parties are vying for a share of the 266 seats that are up for grabs in the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, with an additional 70 seats reserved for
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Women stream into the courtroom and sit shoulder to shoulder, coats bunched and bags on laps. Crystal Martinez, a human trafficking survivor, enters accompanied by a guard. Her face breaks into a teary smile at the sight of benches full of supporters. Martinez, who
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — King Charles III has been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer. Buckingham Palace says the 75-year-old king has begun outpatient treatment. Some key dates in Charles’ life: Nov. 14, 1948 — Charles is born on the royal estate at Sandringham, the first child of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Feb. 6,
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN and BILL BARROW Associated Press MAULDIN, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney. Carly Fiorina. And for now, Nikki Haley. The former South Carolina governor is the latest in a long line of women — historically some of Republican Donald Trump’s most stubborn challengers — for whom the
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean, İpek Yezdani and Guray Ervin, CNN Southern Turkey (CNN) — Five days after a devastating earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria last year, the world witnessed a miracle: Sezai Karabas and his 6-year-old daughter Sengul were pulled out of the rubble of his collapsed apartment block in Gaziantep province without a scratch. He may have looked like the luckiest
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From civil rights to privacy, the 14th Amendment has been a foundation for forging the norms of American law and democracy. But one of its provisions, adopted after the Civil War in 1868, has gotten almost no attention until now: That’s Section 3, the
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brock Purdy went overtime on Super Bowl opening night. The San Francisco 49ers’ second-year quarterback began by saying he’s ready to spoil Taylor Swift’s trip to Las Vegas and finished by remaining at the microphone to answer questions for several minutes after Monday’s media
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The presidential primary campaign heads west to Nevada this week, where dueling caucuses and primaries are creating confusion among voters but little uncertainty about the expected results. Nikki Haley will run in Tuesday’s Republican primary, which won’t count for
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One night after Taylor Swift earned her fourth career Grammy for album of the year, her boyfriend was feeling pressure to secure his own triumph in the Super Bowl. “She’s unbelievable, she’s rewriting the history books herself,” Travis Kelce said Monday night at Allegiant Stadium, where
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One night after Taylor Swift earned her fourth career Grammy for album of the year, her boyfriend was feeling pressure to secure his own triumph in the Super Bowl. “She’s unbelievable, she’s rewriting the history books herself,” Travis Kelce said Monday night at Allegiant Stadium, where
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