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By ALAN FRAM, WILSON RING and LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says he won’t seek reelection next year to the seat he’s held since 1975. His decision signals an end to a career that’s included major roles on issues such as civil liberties and financing the

By PATTY NIEBERG AP / Report for America AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police say six teenagers were wounded in a drive-by shooting in a park near a suburban Denver high school, but all are expected to survive. The victims in Monday’s shooting range in age from 14 to 18. Aurora police chief Vanessa Wilson says

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he’ll seek a second term. Ellison led the prosecution team that won the conviction of ex-officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The announcement via Zoom featured some of Ellison’s endorsers, including U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar,

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning attempts to discredit Iraq’s election and deplored the use of violence to settle election-related grievances. The U.N.’s most powerful body congratulated the Iraqi government and the Independent High Electoral Commission on Monday for conducting “a technically well-managed and generally

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney won’t seek a third trial against a federal agent who shot and killed a man during an altercation in a fast-food restaurant. U.S. State Department Special Agent Christopher Deedy was in Honolulu helping with security for the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. He

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered several Cabinet departments to work together to combat human trafficking and crime on Native American lands, where violent crime rates are more than double the national average. Biden spoke Monday at a White House summit on tribal nations. He is also asking

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police say six teenagers went to the hospital after a shooting in a park near a high school in suburban Denver. Police in Aurora say the suspect in the shooting near Aurora Central High School on Monday left the scene and hasn’t been identified. They say the victims range in age

LANCASTER, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a central Kentucky food pantry that helps feed hundreds of people each month has been destroyed by an arson fire. Gregory Cash helps run the Garrard County Food Pantry that burned down Sunday. Among the items destroyed were 200 Thanksgiving turkeys that were brought in a day earlier. He

By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn. Biden declared that the infusion of cash for roads, bridges, ports and more is going to make life “change for the

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump. Saturday’s 31-29 vote by the state party central committee followed similar votes by GOP officials in several Wyoming counties. Cheney didn’t

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A new report says misinformation is hurting efforts to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges, be it climate change, COVID-19 or political polarization. The analysis from the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder concludes that addressing misinformation requires a ‘whole of society’ effort by policy makers, tech companies, journalists, educators

The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Supporters of death row inmate Julius Jones, including Jones’ mother, are visiting the state Capitol with hopes of meeting with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Madeline Davis-Jones met briefly Monday with several House Democrats before walking to Stitt’s office. An official with the governor’s office said Stitt wasn’t available.