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Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican Party has sued North Carolina’s elections board to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from showing a digital identification to comply with a photo ID law. The Republican National Committee and North Carolina filed the state court lawsuit Thursday. That is three weeks

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s largest airline and business leaders are urging the federal government to intervene in labor talks with its pilots in hopes of avoiding a shutdown. But the labor minister said the two sides should negotiate a deal. Air Canada spokesman Christophe Hennebelle said that the airline is committed to negotiations, but

NYE, Mont. (AP) — The owner of the only platinum and palladium mines in the U.S. plans to lay off hundreds of employees in Montana due to declining prices for palladium, which is used in catalytic converters. Sibanye-Stillwater executives wrote to its employees on Thursday outlining the estimated 700 layoffs expected later this year. The

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens. The 46-year-old inmate is set to die by lethal injection next week in the state’s first execution in 13 years. The justices unanimously tossed out two requests from defense lawyers. Defense lawyers said a court

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A county in western Arkansas and a health provider have agreed to a $6 million settlement with the family of a man who died from dehydration and malnutrition while being held in a local jail. An attorney for the family of Larry Eugene Price Jr. said Thursday that

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrest of a Northern California man they say assaulted Frontier Airlines flight attendants after takeoff. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Thursday that the Sept. 9 San Francisco-bound flight out of Santa Ana was forced to divert to another airport. The passenger

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons of water to put out flames after a crash. In addition to the huge amount of water sprayed in the Aug. 19 incident, firefighters used an aircraft to drop fire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane. Alaska Airlines says the pilots braked so hard on the runway that the tires went flat from the extreme heat buildup. Federal agencies said Thursday they are investigating. The Federal Aviation

Associated Press Two police officers in the nation’s capital have been sentenced to several years in prison for their role in a deadly chase of a man on a moped and subsequent cover-up. The October 2020 death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown ignited protests in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer Terence Sutton was sentenced on

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials are working to retrieve a boat that sank during the search for a missing diver in Lake Michigan. Kenosha County officials were collaborating with the state Department of Natural Resources to retrieve the boat Thursday. Multiple agencies had joined the search for 72-year-old diver Patrick Kelly from Winthrop Harbor,