Nation and World
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Ex-cops Kueng, Thao sentenced for violating Floyd's rights
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights to light...
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New UK rail strike brings train services to a crawl
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's railway network ground to a crawl on Wednesday after 40,000 staff walked off the job in a dispute over jobs, pay and working conditions. Train co...
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Man tied to officer's attack pleads guilty to lesser charges
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - A West Virginia man initially charged with assaulting a police officer who died after defending the U.S. Capitol from a mob pleaded guilty on Wednesday to misdemeanor of...
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Police: Boy, 6, fatally shoots sister, 5; parents arrested
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy fatally shot his 5-year-old sister in their home in eastern Indiana and their parents have been arrested in the killing, police said...
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Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - CHAUVIN, La. (AP) - Sliding off the side of her small boat, seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton wades through waist-high water, brown pelicans soaring overhead, until she re...
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Brazil towel sales emerge to mock mistrust of polls
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - As keen supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro claim polls signaling he will lose his reelection bid can't be trusted, an unlikely proxy h...
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Best Buy cuts sales forecast as inflation tempers spending
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, cut its annual sales and profit forecast Wednesday, citing surging inflation that has dampened...
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Police: Woman who opened fire at Dallas airport shot at cop
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A woman accused of firing several gunshots inside a Dallas airport faces a charge of aggravated assault of a public servant because she allegedly fired one...
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Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by ...
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In rare contact, US offers Russia deal for Griner, Whelan
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Ant...