AP National News

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Friday ended a 14-month, taxpayer-funded inquiry into the 2020 election by firing his hand-picked investigator. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ firing of Michael Gableman came just three days after the lawmaker narrowly survived a primary challenge from an opponent endorsed by former

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A respected snake researcher who had been making significant discoveries about the species since childhood has died after being bitten by a timber rattler. William H. “Marty” Martin died Aug. 3 after being bitten the day before by a captive snake on the property at

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian Morris requires government officials to conduct a new environmental

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of country singer Naomi Judd filed a court petition to seal police reports and recordings made during the investigation into her death. The family said Friday the records contain video and audio interviews with relatives in the immediate aftermath of her death

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche remains on life support and under evaluation for organ donation after a car crash that led to her brain death, a representative for the actor said Friday. Under current California law, death can be determined by the loss of all brain function and

By MIKE BALSAMO and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A gunman who died in a shootout after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati office apparently went on social media and called for federal agents to be killed “on sight” following the search at Donald Trump’s home, a law enforcement official said.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s gross domestic product contracted 4% in the second quarter of this year, the first full quarter since Russia sent troops into Ukraine. The state statistical service reported the drop on Friday. Russia was hit with a wide array of sanctions following its move into Ukraine in late February, including ones that

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A pipeline carrying diesel has cracked open and spilled more than 45,000 gallons of fuel in a rural area of eastern Wyoming. The ruptured line is owned by a company that is being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in North Dakota and Montana. Joe

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are not only defending Donald Trump against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home. They’re also capitalizing on it politically with grave and potentially dangerous rhetoric against the nation’s justice system. The Republicans are stirring up opposition to the FBI and tapping into

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina are trying to determine who fired the shots that killed a sheriff’s deputy who stopped along a dark highway. Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker said Friday that 48-year-old Deputy Ned Byrd was fatally wounded late Thursday on a dark section of road about a quarter mile from

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades, President Joe Biden is poised to sign into law his landmark Inflation Reduction Act Tuesday afternoon. Its title raises a tantalizing question: Will the measure actually do what it says? Economic analyses suggest

By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have revoked a broadcast permit for a private television station after it was taken off air following an interview during which an opposition party official allegedly incited troops and officers against the military leadership. Friday’s development came after ARY TV in the southern port

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge was to decide as soon as Friday whether to grant the Department of Justice’s request to unseal the warrant that authorized the FBI to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. Attorney General Merrick Garland declared there was “substantial

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed extending the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by at least five to 10 years to maintain reliable power supplies in the climate change era. A draft bill obtained by The Associated Press said the

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations. In a statement Friday, the U.N. health agency said it has also renamed two families, or clades of the virus, using Roman numerals instead

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of Kenya’s electoral commission says vote-tallying in the country’s close presidential election isn’t moving fast enough. Meanwhile, parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid public concerns about censorship or meddling. With no clear winner emerging and perhaps days more to wait, social media

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro state TV reports that a man went on a shooting rampage after a family dispute, killing 11 people on the streets before being shot dead in a gun battle with police. State TV RTCG reported that the 34-year-old gunman wounded another six people, including a policeman, Friday in the city

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of the

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday and added to weekly gains for the major indexes. The S&P 500 rose 1% as of 12:37 p.m. Eastern with about 90% of stocks in the benchmark index gaining ground. It’s on track for

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. There’s the focus on energy, including billions of dollars in incentives for clean energy but also renewed support for traditional fuel sources such as coal and natural gas. Those