JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge found unconstitutional conditions and "a stunning array of assaults, as well as deaths."
A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that U.S. ...
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer
A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.
Southwest District Health appears to be the first in the nation to be restricted from giving COVID-19 ...
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an "interagency operation" aimed at cleaning up the troubled New York City federal jail where Sean "Diddy" Combs is being held, ...
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that Karen Read won't have to give a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit until after her criminal trial in January.
The brief from Judge William M. White Jr. on Thursday effectively delays the lawsuit, which ...
By JEFF AMY and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Pressda
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Flags telling people to "Vote Here" fluttered in not only English, but Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese at the Mountain Park Activity Building as a steady stream passed through its doors to cast their ...
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison in the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph received an additional 35 years behind bars Friday.
Justin Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder on Sept. 26 and sentenced to ...
By KATIE KNOL/WITF undefined
Presidential elections draw the most voters to the polls, but having a plan can help avoid long lines, prevent mistakes and help fellow voters.
All polling places in Pennsylvania are open on Election Day, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. ...
By JIM SALTER Associated Press
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge on Friday denied a Republican committeeman's effort to force the state's third-largest county to allow watchers or challengers to observe early voting.
Judge Dewayne Johnson wrote that the document filed by St. ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky on Friday and damaged part of the steel structure. No injuries were reported.
The fire broke out overnight near a playground under the bridge, ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS on Friday announced an increase to the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2025 — to $23,500, up from $23,000 in 2024.
The Internal Revenue Service detailed the increases in its annual cost-of-living ...
HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Pilot Samantha Grandbouche had contacted the ...
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Young musicians looking for longevity would be wise to follow the sensible word of Willie Nelson: Do what feels right, and if you're lucky enough to have a statue built in your honor in your city, remember that it is just something you've ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Two Guatemalans wearing traditional embroidered skirts bought coconut boba teas on an October afternoon at the bustling downtown Asian market. In decades past, the building served as this rural town's hardware store where ...
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for this year's election, as a new poll finds that Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats that ballots will be counted ...
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV's Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel, hip-hop's T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year's Macy's ...
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MARC LEVY Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to explain this week that he doesn't really think Donald Trump's supporters are "garbage," but that doesn't mean that other people don't believe the label occasionally ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans wasted no time in appealing a Pennsylvania court decision that would relax the rules for mail ballots, asking the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a lower-court opinion issued one day earlier.
The state and national GOP filed an emergency request ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West on Thursday lost a Supreme Court bid to be included on the presidential ballot in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Justice Samuel Alito refused his emergency appeal in a brief order. Alito handles appeals originating ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent's candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.
In three races ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker, was remembered during a Statehouse memorial service Thursday for blazing trails for women with grit, grace and a guiding spirit. Dozens of the Republican women she had mentored wore red in her honor, ...