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San Francisco's new mayor is starting to unite the fractured city
Read full article: San Francisco's new mayor is starting to unite the fractured cityDemocrats nationally may be in turmoil, but liberals in San Francisco are hopeful over a new mayor's collaborative style in a city known for its infighting and chaotic streets.
DOGE targets a community service program in its latest cost-cutting effort
Read full article: DOGE targets a community service program in its latest cost-cutting effortA 30-year-old community service program for young adults that operates across the U.S. has become the latest target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash government spending.
Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
Read full article: Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind projectThe Trump administration has issued an order to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry.
Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists
Read full article: Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalistsThe Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species.
Lawyers file wrongful death notice against Idaho city for family of boy shot by police
Read full article: Lawyers file wrongful death notice against Idaho city for family of boy shot by policeA California law firm notified the city of Pocatello, Idaho, of its intention to file a federal wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Victor Perez, a 17-year-old boy with intellectual disabilities who was shot multiple times by four police officers.
Power blackout hits all of Puerto Rico as residents prepare for Easter weekend
Read full article: Power blackout hits all of Puerto Rico as residents prepare for Easter weekendA power blackout has hit all of Puerto Rico as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepares to celebrate the Easter weekend.
How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities
Read full article: How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universitiesThe showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures.
Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to 18 months after conviction for helping China stalk an expat
Read full article: Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to 18 months after conviction for helping China stalk an expatA former New York police sergeant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a U.S. case about China’s pursuit of critics abroad.
Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantation
Read full article: Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantationIn this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last few years.
Family says ICE agents smashed car window in seizing Guatemalan man who's seeking asylum
Read full article: Family says ICE agents smashed car window in seizing Guatemalan man who's seeking asylumA Massachusetts family is demanding answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, complaining its agents smashed a car window and detained a man who was in the process of applying for asylum.
Student accused in Dallas school shooting walked toward group in hall and opened fire, injuring 4
Read full article: Student accused in Dallas school shooting walked toward group in hall and opened fire, injuring 4The student accused of injuring four in a shooting at a Dallas high school was let into the building through an unsecured door and then walked down a hallway toward a group of students, opening fire on them before appearing to take a point-blank shot at one.
NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors say
Read full article: NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors sayTen New York prison guards have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder.
ACLU sues Defense Department school system over banning race- and gender-related books
Read full article: ACLU sues Defense Department school system over banning race- and gender-related booksThe American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Defense’s school system over banned race- and gender-related educational materials.
Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest court
Read full article: Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest courtGeorgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves.
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with El Salvador's vice president in push for Abrego Garcia's release
Read full article: Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with El Salvador's vice president in push for Abrego Garcia's releaseMaryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country’s vice president to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order
Read full article: Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation orderA federal judge says he's found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court and could seek officials’ prosecution for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison.
AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts
Read full article: AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cutsYoung volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged.
The EPA can't end grants from $20 billion Biden-era fund for climate-friendly projects, a judge says
Read full article: The EPA can't end grants from $20 billion Biden-era fund for climate-friendly projects, a judge saysA federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped and must have access to some of the frozen money.
9 jurors picked as Weinstein’s lawyers seek to move him from jail to hospital during #MeToo retrial
Read full article: 9 jurors picked as Weinstein’s lawyers seek to move him from jail to hospital during #MeToo retrialNine jurors have been picked on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial in New York.
Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor's mansion looking into suspect's hatred of Josh Shapiro
Read full article: Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor's mansion looking into suspect's hatred of Josh ShapiroAuthorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect targeted the Democrat because of his Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza.
Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports
Read full article: Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sportsThe Trump administration is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with its push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women's sports.
An Ethiopian church in Washington preserves an ancient language and Orthodox tradition
Read full article: An Ethiopian church in Washington preserves an ancient language and Orthodox traditionIn the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in white tunics gather at the DSK Mariam Church to chant and pray in an ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity.
New Jersey Transit train engineers reject labor deal with management
Read full article: New Jersey Transit train engineers reject labor deal with managementNew Jersey Transit train engineers rejected a labor agreement with management, raising the potential for a strike or a lockout next month.
The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lesson
Read full article: The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lessonThirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in the nation’s heartland, deep scars still remain from the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil.
Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier
Read full article: Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldierThe Army has restored the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a Confederate general.
The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services' access to the president
Read full article: The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services' access to the presidentThe White House has put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by the news agencies that serve media outlets around the world.
What to know about Hollywood icon Gene Hackman's and his wife's deaths
Read full article: What to know about Hollywood icon Gene Hackman's and his wife's deathsAuthorities in northern New Mexico have released body camera video and other public records in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy.
In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation
Read full article: In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportationPresident Donald Trump’s administration has dug in on its contention that his government should not have to repatriate Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite U.S. Supreme Court and lower court rulings that he was wrongly deported and should be returned to the United States.
Indiana Supreme Court sets May execution for man convicted of killing police officer
Read full article: Indiana Supreme Court sets May execution for man convicted of killing police officerThe Indiana Supreme Court has ordered a man convicted of killing a police officer to be executed next month.
Man arrested outside UnitedHealthcare is now charged with firearms counts and threatening violence
Read full article: Man arrested outside UnitedHealthcare is now charged with firearms counts and threatening violenceProsecutors say a man who was arrested outside the headquarters of UnitedHealthcare in Minnesota had a history of mental health issues and threatened to shoot up corporate facilities.
Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup
Read full article: Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coupAn ex-member of Gambia’s military has been convicted at a federal jury trial in Denver of torturing five people accused of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country’s longtime dictator nearly 20 years ago.
Lawyers for Harvard in Trump administration dispute are no strangers to high-profile legal matters
Read full article: Lawyers for Harvard in Trump administration dispute are no strangers to high-profile legal mattersThe two attorneys representing Harvard University in a pitched fight with the Trump administration are no strangers to the spotlight or to Washington investigations that reach into the White House.
Man who says he was held captive in Connecticut home for 20 years makes his first public comments
Read full article: Man who says he was held captive in Connecticut home for 20 years makes his first public commentsA man who told police that he was held captive in a Connecticut home for 20 years until being rescued in February says he recently celebrated his first-ever birthday party as he turned 32.