AP National News

By STEVE PEOPLES, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and PAUL WEBER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Republican governors of Florida and Texas have delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D.C., New York City and even Martha’s Vineyard. But they may just be getting started. Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott insist such dramatic steps

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of mayors say that whatever political differences they might have, they are united in fighting against recent voting restrictions enacted in some Republican-controlled states that they view as an attack on democracy. The mayors spoke on Tuesday at the National Nonpartisan Conversation on

HUNTINGTON., Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says a hunter is facing charges for allegedly shooting and injuring another hunter that he said he mistook for a bear. The department says the 35-year-old victim from Fairfax was critically injured when he was hit in the abdomen by a gunshot as he was

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel celebrated his 20th anniversary as ABC’s late-night host early, signing a three-year contract extension for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “After two decades at ABC, I am now looking forward to three years of what they call ‘quiet quitting,’” Kimmel quipped in a statement Tuesday.

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota ethics board is keeping it a secret what action it took after finding there was evidence Gov. Kristi Noem improperly intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. A lawyer hired by the board, Mark Haigh, says that the

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become integral parts of Russia. The Kremlin-backed efforts to swallow up four regions could set the stage for Moscow to escalate the war following Ukrainian successes on the battlefield. The

By PIA SARKAR Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is stressing the need for wealthy nations to share their advanced technologies and innovations with developing countries. Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Yoon said his country will “spare no effort in providing support and in investing

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical equipment exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and gave her breast cancer. After a five-week trial, the Cook County jury on Monday awarded 70-year-old Sue Kamuda $38 million in compensatory damages

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has visited two historically Black colleges in South Carolina to push for voter registration. The vice president is focusing on places and demographics that will be key to Democrats’ chances to hold on to Congress in midterm elections. Harris traveled to Orangeburg

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press WINDSOR, England (AP) — The silence was palpable when the imperial state crown was removed from the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II and placed on the altar of St. George’s Chapel — the first time in 70 years the dazzling symbol of Britain’s monarchy was separated from the sovereign. My

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A report by a state inspector general says an Illinois prison system administrator improperly designated a family member for a Department of Corrections post that was never authorized. The Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor issued the report

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, iRobot said both it and Amazon received a request for additional information in connection with an FTC review of the merger. Both companies say they will cooperate with

By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders Tuesday that rich energy companies should be forced to fork over some windfall profits to aid victims of climate change and offset rising fuel and food costs. In his opening remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Guterres said that the

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detectives have handed prosecutors the results of their 19-month investigation into sex assault allegations against Marilyn Manson. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that they have handed the case to the District Attorney’s Office, who will consider whether to file charges against the

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A local elected official got court-appointed attorneys during his arraignment in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles stood Tuesday in shackles while he was charged with murder

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As the parents of children killed when a school collapsed during Mexico’s 2017 earthquake celebrated a Mass in their memory, the ground began to shake again. “No, not again! My God, not again!” they shouted when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled the capital Monday, killing two

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Republican attorneys general are pushing the major payment networks — Visa, Mastercard and American Express — to drop their plans to start tracking sales at gun stores, arguing the plans could infringe on consumer privacy and push legal gun sales out of

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a year spent off-air, the Golden Globe Awards are returning to NBC in January, as the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association seeks a primetime comeback after more than a year of turmoil. NBC, the Hollywood Press Association and dick clark productions on Tuesday made

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit is suing the U.S. Census Bureau over population estimates from last year that show the city lost an additional 7,100 residents. The move Tuesday opens another front against the agency in a battle over how Detroit’s people have been counted in the past

By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press The chairperson of the African Union says that the continent doesn’t want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War. Senegalese President Macky Sall’s comments to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday come amid mounting pressure for African leaders to take a side over the war in Ukraine.