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Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Park Service says it intends to ban hunters from baiting bears in national preserves in Alaska. Set to take effect later this summer, the new rule would bar sport hunters from using bait, such as bacon grease, pastries, syrup or dog food, to attract bears. The agency

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A research expert has told the United Nations Security Council that ballistic missile remnants found in Ukraine came from North Korea. Jonah Leff is executive director of Conflict Armament Research, an organization that has been tracing weapons used in attacks in Ukraine since 2018. Leff gave the council a

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Arrested Development,” has died, his daughter said Friday. He was 80. Mull’s daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge granted a motion Friday to temporarily stop Oklahoma from enforcing its new anti-immigration law that would make it a crime to live in the state without legal immigration status. U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones issued a preliminary injunction requested by the U.S. Department of Justice to go

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled Friday that special court supervision may end at the U.S. Health and Human Services

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said on social media he has been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time. Vitale announced Friday that a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer. He is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday. “With all the (prayers) I have received &

Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce says a former general intended to take over the government and become president in a failed coup, and he denies that the Andean nation is experiencing an economic crisis. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled leader denied once again that Wednesday’s

RAPIDAN, Minn. (AP) — County officials have bought and demolished a Minnesota family store that was precariously perched beside a cliff near a flood-damaged dam. Blue Earth County officials say Friday that bought the Rapidan Dam Store and then removed the structure to lessen the downstream impact if it tumbled into the Blue Earth River.

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Georgia law that restricts organizations that help people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert on Friday blocked part of Senate Bill 63 from taking effect on Monday. That part of

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor says the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces will allow the city to begin clearing homeless encampments that have plagued the city. The Democratic mayor applauded the ruling Friday. But the ruling was not welcomed everywhere