Sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county rejects governor’s gun ban, calling it unconstitutional
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The sheriff in New Mexico’s largest metro area vowed Monday not to enforce an emergency order by the governor to...
US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still...
The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia's watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather...
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge...
Sarah Burton, who designed Kate’s royal wedding dress, to step down from Alexander McQueen
LONDON (AP) — The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate, the Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at...
US and UK holding UN screening of documentary on Russia’s siege of Ukrainian city...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and representatives of a broad spectrum of society to a U.N....
Balzan Prizes recognize achievements in study of human evolution, black holes with $840,000 awards
MILAN (AP) — An American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a German-Dutch astrophysicist have been named the winners of...
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. Capitol together was sentenced on Monday to probation and 279 hours of...
Missouri jury awards $745 million in death of woman struck by driver who used...
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri jury has awarded $745 million to the parents of a young woman killed on a sidewalk outside an...
As US East Coast ramps up offshore wind power projects, much remains unknown
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects, transforming coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much...
Met Opera, Lincoln Center Theater commission work about detained Ukrainian children
NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue...
