By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
Months before an armed man took aim at Donald Trump at a presidential campaign rally in rural Pennsylvania, some state lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle used in the assassination attempt.
The legislation stalled without coming to a vote, ...
By TARA COPP Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft again until the military can fix the root causes of multiple recent accidents, including a deadly crash in Japan.
In a letter ...
By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE and BILL BARROW Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The last time Republicans gathered for a full convention, they were plagued by internal division and fear. Morale was near rock bottom. And the party's presidential nominee showed little desire, or ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MARYCLAIRE DALE and JOSEPH FREDERICK Associated Press
FREEPORT, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of mourners paid their respects at a Pennsylvania banquet hall Thursday to the family of a former fire chief who was shot and killed during the attempted assassination of former ...
By MELISSA PEREZ WINDER, JOHN O'CONNOR and ED WHITE Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black woman shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home and then discouraged his partner from trying ...
By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing concerns to allies and Speaker ...
By ANNIE MA Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
In a ruling Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted ...
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, asked federal judges on Thursday to dismiss tax and gun cases against him, citing a ruling in Florida this week that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
A commuter railroad is mostly at fault for a fiery and deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing, a jury has found in a verdict that lays out how the bill for any damages will be split.
The verdict, reached ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had photos on his phone of the former Republican president, President Joe Biden and other officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland ...
By PETER SMITH Associated Press
Like the star of an arena tour, a spotlight illuminated the glittering, golden vessel carried by a Catholic bishop. Inside, it held a round communion host, which Catholics believe is the full presence of Jesus in the appearance of bread.
The bishop placed ...
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — The fiancé of an Ohio art student who went missing nearly 13 years ago was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.
John Carter, 36, had been charged with two counts of murder when he was arrested in March 2023. He eventually pleaded guilty last month to ...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Stellantis is telling the owners of more than 24,000 plug-in hybrid minivans to park them outdoors away from buildings, and to stop charging them due to the possibility of battery fires.
The company said Thursday that it's recalling certain 2017 through 2021 ...
By JAIMIE DING Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and other officials visited the port of Long Beach on Thursday to break ground on a $1.5 billion railyard expansion project that will more than triple the volume of rail cargo the dock can ...
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Relatives of some of the 13 American service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention Wednesday in an ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Alaska who resigned after a scathing investigation found he had engaged in inappropriate conduct with staff and attorneys did not disclose conflicts of interest with attorneys in 23 criminal cases he heard, prosecutors said.
The top federal ...
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press
GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — A botanist gently strokes the pollen of endangered wildflowers with a paintbrush as she tries to reenact nature inside a small greenhouse in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada.
It's part of a lithium mining company's grand ...
By BILL BARROW Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Candidates, start your engines. With plausible deniability, of course.
The 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is officially a gathering to propel Donald Trump into a third consecutive nomination. A parade of loyal ...
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — For nearly four years, residents of Newark's Ironbound section, a gritty, industrial neighborhood near an airport and surrounded by train tracks and many smelly sources of air pollution, had hoped an environmental justice law aimed at ...
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is closer to understanding what went wrong with its astronaut capsule in orbit, now that testing is complete on a spare thruster here on Earth.
The Starliner capsule has been docked at the International Space Station ...