AP National News

By KIMBERLY CHANDLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard crashed Wednesday in Alabama, killing two crew members, the Tennessee National Guard said. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two Tennessee National Guardsmen, and our prayers are with their

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The main freeway in southern Arizona reopened in both directions Wednesday evening and officials said people living southeast of downtown Tucson could return home a day after a deadly crash sent acrid plumes into the desert sky and prompted evacuations. “The public may resume normal activities,” Arizona’s Department of Public Safety

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California congresswoman Barbara Lee has filed paperwork to enter the race for the seat held by long-serving Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Lee would bring another Democrat and a nationally recognized Black woman to a growing field that includes two other members of the U.S. House. Lee

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army has seized more than a half million fentanyl pills in a raid on what it calls the largest synthetic drug lab found to date. The army said Wednesday the lab was discovered in Culiacan, the capital of the northern state of Sinaloa. Sinaloa is home to the drug

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Park Service employees have swept through a large homeless encampment three blocks from the White House tearing down dozens of tents and warning that people who resisted would be subject to arrest. The action is the latest development in a long-running saga involving the District of

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject a legal effort to make colleges treat Division I athletes like employees and start paying them an hourly wage. Lawyers for the student-athletes said that weekly, they often spend 30 hours or more on their sport

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have bought the property that they’ve been sizing up for a new enclosed stadium in suburban Arlington Heights. The Bears announced Wednesday afternoon that they bought the 326-acre property for $197.2 million. The Bears cautioned that the purchase doesn’t mean their plans for a new stadium and

By KIMBERLY CHANDLER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard crashed Wednesday in Alabama, killing everyone on board, a spokesman for the Madison County sheriff’s office says. Investigator Brent Patterson says there were no survivors in the crash, but he was unsure how

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude as lawmakers move toward potential ballot measurers that would remove all forms of slavery from their state constitutions. Lawmakers backing the legislation hope to replicate the success of similar measures that passed last fall

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis woman depicted in videos pounding on a family’s door and hurling racial insults is facing charges. Judy Kline, who’s 54, was charged with burglary, property damage and unlawful use of a weapon after prosecutors reviewed the videos. It took more than a year for charges to be filed

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says it’s up to the University of Texas at Dallas whether to ban a woman from attending classes on campus while she serves house arrest in Texas ahead of trial in a Las Vegas-area stabbing that drew international attention. But the judge decided

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois grand jury on Wednesday formally indicted the father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago, the Lake County State’s Attorney Office said. The indictment charges Robert Crimo Jr., 58, with seven counts of reckless

BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast. At a daily briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin gave no details and did not identify the targets of the measures. China says the balloon was a

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state commission that regulates slap fighting — in which opponents take turns striking each other in the face — attempted Wednesday to address a critical question for the budding sport: What constitutes a legal slap? Competitors in the Power Slap League must deliver only

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A record 193 homeless people died in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in 2021. A county report released Wednesday found that substances were involved in about 60% of the deaths. Methamphetamine was the most common drug noted in those deaths. But fentanyl fatalities

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top Republican in Pennsylvania’s Democrat-controlled House is warning of potential chaos when state lawmakers reconvene next week, six weeks after they elected a speaker and left the Capitol without doing any other business. Minority Leader Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County says the chamber’s razor-thin majority

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league is prepared for whatever happens with Diamond Sports Group after the financially troubled parent company of 19 Bally Sports regional networks skipped about $140 million in interest payments. The missed payments started a 30-day grace period that could be

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and MARK PRATT Associated Press FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The sheer size of the vessel and the shoes were what struck Robert Ballard when he descended to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1986, the year after he and his crew from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution helped find the ocean

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking state regulators to store more water from recent storms that hit the drought-ravaged state. State rules say California must leave more water in the rivers when it rains a lot. The water helps endangered species of fish. Newsom has asked