Winner in Portland: What AP knows about the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot so far
A lucky ticket-buyer in Oregon has won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot, which was the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.Should the winner who...
Disney allowed to pause its federal lawsuit against Florida governor as part of settlement...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An appellate court on Monday granted Disney’s request for a two-month pause in a federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron...
Justice Department blasts GOP effort to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday blasted Republicans' effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn...
As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its...
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop...
A child is dead and 2 adults are hospitalized in a car crash with...
A driver crossed into oncoming traffic early Sunday morning and slammed into a semitruck, killing a child and sending two adults to the hospital,...
Man arrested for setting fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office; motive remains unclear
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A man was charged Sunday with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, federal prosecutors...
Cecil L. ‘Chip’ Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one...
Man convicted in decadeslong identity theft that led to his victim being jailed
William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name.But when he reported...
An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by...
‘Red flag’ bill debated for hours in Maine months after mass shooting that killed...
Months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family...
