News

By SARA BURNETT, SARAH RANKIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas, Democrats were decrying the new law as unconstitutional, an assault on women’s health that must be challenged. But the reaction from many Republicans on the other side hasn’t been nearly as emphatic.

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The federal agency that oversees schools that educate some Native Americans in nearly two dozen states has issued an employee vaccine mandate. The mandate, announced Thursday, covers faculty and staff at schools and dormitories operated directly by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education. More than 180

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news — Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. Each had been their network’s chief news anchors for more than two decades, with long

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — One-time Nicaragua presidential aspirant Cristiana Chamorro and one of her brothers were among five people formally charged with money laundering Thursday. Prosecutors said in a statement that Chamorro, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro and three former employees of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation will be tried for money laundering and other alleged

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Federal marshals have arrested an Ohio man accused of accosting an MSNBC journalist doing a live report by a Mississippi beach after Hurricane Ida. The U.S. Marshals Service says 54-year-old Benjamin Dagley of Wooster, Ohio, was sought by police in Gulfport, Mississippi, for assault and the sheriff’s department in Ohio’s Cuyahoga

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has agreed to restart 16 defense advisory boards, after halting activity by all the Pentagon panels in February and essentially purging a number of members who were appointed in the final days of the Trump administration. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says a

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A coalition of abortion rights advocates, clinics and advocacy groups have filed a suit seeking to block recent anti-abortion legislation from taking effect. The lawsuit filed Thursday in a state district court in Oklahoma City aims to block legislation due to take effect Nov. 1. The pending restrictions on abortions include

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona nurse has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman about three years ago at a long-term care facility where she later gave birth. Nathan Sutherland also entered a guilty plea Thursday to a charge of abuse of a vulnerable adult stemming from his

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after losses in court against the broadcast industry. The owners of the country’s major broadcast TV networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — had sued Locast in 2019, saying it

By MALLIKA SEN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many people are asking why no one foretold of the deadly ramifications of Hurricane Ida’s remnants in the Northeast, but some did. The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased the urgency of the warnings. It heralded the potential for “significant and life-threatening flash

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman reluctantly has taken the witness stand against R. Kelly to recount how he struck up a relationship with her in 2006 when she was 15. But she dodged a prosecutor’s questions on Thursday about when they first had sex. The witness stood apart from

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first Afghan refugee to arrive in Utah since the nation’s swift takeover by the Taliban is a man who built a life as an air-traffic controller in Kabul before he had to flee. Azim Kakaie said Thursday that his wife tried to leave the

By REBECCA SANTANA and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Louisiana health officials say four nursing home residents died after being evacuated to a large warehouse during Hurricane Ida. Louisiana Department of Health spokesperson Aly Neel said Thursday that 843 residents from seven nursing facilities were moved to the warehouse in the town