AP National News

By MELINDA DESLATTE and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A critical port that serves as the primary support hub for the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater offshore oil and gas industry sustained less damage from Hurricane Ida’s direct hit than initially feared and should be able to return to working operations “in

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the California coast two years ago have sued the U.S. Coast Guard for lax enforcement of safety regulations. The wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday says the Coast Guard has repeatedly

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sharply conflicting accounts have emerged of a drone strike the U.S. unleashed earlier this week, just a day before completing its troop pullout from Afghanistan. Top generals say the strike killed an Islamic State “facilitator” and struck a car packed with explosives, seriously weakening the militant

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle a lawsuit that accused them and several other firms of conspiring to dominate the industry and fix the prices paid to farmers who raise the chickens. Tyson Foods and Perdue

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has held talks in Cairo with the King of Jordan and the president of the Palestinian Authority aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process and strengthening a cease-fire that halted the Israel-Hamas war. The meeting Thursday between Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, King Abdullah II

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Fisk Jubilee Singers, a vocal group at Fisk University whose tradition dates back 150 years, received a $1.5 million anonymous donation to establish a permanent endowment. The university in Nashville, Tennessee, announced Thursday that the gift was one of the largest donations ever

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — The operator of a limousine company has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and will avoid prison time in a 2018 crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York. Nauman Hussain will be sentenced to five years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove him from office. Forty-six candidates qualified for the ballot to replace him if he is pushed out. Just over 5 million mail-in ballots already have been returned. The contest is

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Fed up with poor wages, work and living conditions, thousands of coal miners a century ago marched in an effort to unionize in southern West Virginia. The result was in a deadly clash and the largest U.S. armed uprising since the Civil War. Some relatives of

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors have filed a more serious charge against the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, but it is not the murder charge that activists were seeking. Former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter is now charged with

By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America A Texas law that bans most abortions has providers and advocates preparing for an increasing number of women traveling to other states to end their pregnancies. Clinics are gearing up to boost an aid network meant to ensure women can access the procedure even if it is outlawed

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say they have rescued five of 73 students abducted from their school earlier this week in northwest Nigeria. The five female students have since been reunited with their families, according to police in Zamfara state. The 73 students were abducted from their school on

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police lieutenant has become the fourth member of the department to be arrested on felony charges in recent weeks. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office alleges that Lt. Wilfredo Roman shoved a flashlight into the buttocks but above the clothes of a teenage carjacking suspect

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza health officials say a Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli gunfire during a violent protest along the Israeli border. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in protests held at five locations Thursday night, demanding an end to Israel’s 14-year blockade of Gaza. The

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer. The problem, health leaders say, is twofold: Nurses are quitting or retiring, exhausted or

SHARON HILL, Pa. (AP) — Investigators say it’s likely police fired the shots that killed an 8-year-old girl outside a high school football game near Philadelphia last week. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer issued preliminary findings in the investigation Thursday in what he said was an attempt to be transparent. He says investigators had

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reject claims by a former New York doctor that his guilty plea to state charges means he can’t be prosecuted in federal court on sex assault charges. Prosecutors filed papers in Manhattan federal court Thursday to defend their prosecution

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ask Cedric the Entertainer how many streaming subscriptions he shells out for, and he figures he’s got them all. The actor-comedian is not alone, with other celebrities also admitting they have a streaming habit. They’re not unusual: Nearly 75 percent of U.S. households had a

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — The mother of a man who died after his 2019 arrest following a foot chase has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against three Texarkana, Texas, police officers. The lawsuit was filed Sunday in U.S. district court by Keisha Boykin on behalf of her son, Darren Boykin, who died on Aug.