Nation and World
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At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two years ago, the state of Conne...
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Roland Mesnier, pastry chef for five presidents, dies at 78
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Roland Mesnier, who created often-magical desserts for five presidents and their guests as White House executive pastry chef, has died at age 78. His d...
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Police video of fatal encounter shows lack of de-escalation
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - A caller to 911 in Salt Lake City said a man had come into a brewery in his underwear, tried to steal beer and was running around in the street, posing a danger to himse...
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Today in History: August 27, Krakatoa erupts
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2022. There are 126 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island vo...
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Small businesses feel the pinch from slowing housing market
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small businesses that lose out when fewer homeowners are renovat...
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Police: 2 confirmed dead after truck drives into barbecue
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A truck drove off a Dutch dike and slammed into a neighborhood barbecue in a village Saturday evening, and police said two people were conf...
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D.C. children's hospital harassed over trans youth services
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Medical providers at Children's National Hospital in Washington have become the latest targets of social media campaigns harassing U.S. hospitals for t...
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HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The faded and weathered construction permits still taped to Houston resident Mal Moses' front door are reminders of the difficulties he faced in trying to...
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Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - OSORNO, Chile (AP) - In labor with her first child last month, Lucia Hernández Rumian danced around her hospital room while her husband played the kultrun, a ritual dru...
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3 Dutch soldiers shot outside hotel in Indianapolis
Aug 27, 2022 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Three Dutch soldiers were shot and wounded early Saturday in a shooting in downtown Indianapolis after what local police believe was a disturbance ou...