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Chicago mayor's bumpy first year tests progressive …

5/14/2024
CHICAGO (AP) — When union organizer Brandon Johnson was elected Chicago mayor last year, he promised to unroll a “bold progressive movement” in the nation’s third-largest city. A year later, …

Harvard students end protest as university agrees to …

5/14/2024
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their …

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills …

5/14/2024
Though their states severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth, about 8,000 women per month late last year were getting abortion pills by mail from states with legal …

Takeaways from AP investigation into police training …

5/14/2024
Police across the United States have been warned for decades that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly. An Associated Press investigation has found that what some …

Georgian parliament holds 3rd and final reading of …

5/14/2024
Georgia’s parliament has begun the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s …

The Latest | Nearly half a million people flee …

5/13/2024
The United Nations says nearly half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in both southern and northern Gaza. Palestinian officials say …

Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender …

5/13/2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education …

Nazi flag-bearing man who crashed a truck into …

5/13/2024
A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year pleaded guilty on Monday to damaging government property, court records …

A Kremlin shake-up of Russia's Defense Ministry comes …

5/13/2024
Over the weekend, President Vladimir Putin replaced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu — the longest serving member of his Cabinet at 11 1/2 years — in a rare Kremlin shake-up that came even as a …

Punxsutawney Phil's babies are named Shadow and Sunny. …

5/13/2024
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil's offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil's human handlers chose …

Kimes Ranch Western Derby returns to WestWorld of …

5/13/2024
The Kimes Ranch Western Derby, an 11-day showcase featuring a variety of cow horse competition, is returning May 29 through June 8 to WestWorld of Scottsdale. The derby is free and open to the …

Trump hush money trial: A timeline of key events in …

5/13/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan …