Nation and World
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Malawi moves elephants from overcrowded park to larger one
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi (AP) - A tranquilized baby elephant is hoisted into the air and gently placed in a large truck that will take it to a new home. One by one,...
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US study says cocaine production remains high in Colombia
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Cocaine production in Colombia remained near record levels in 2021, according to estimates released on Thursday by the White House, raising the s...
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Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she neither iden...
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Jewish group asks Iceland to act on pro-Palestine website
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A Jewish advocacy group is calling on Iceland's government to take action against a pro-Palestine website seeking to 'œdismantle'ť various Boston-area Jewi...
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State lotteries increasingly cede control to huge firms
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - The companies that run state-backed lotteries already have a heavy hand in how the games are operated. But in the years ahead, their control over lotteries is expected t...
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Doctor's lawyer defends steps in 10-year-old girl's abortion
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The lawyer for an Indiana doctor at the center of a political firestorm after speaking out about a 10-year-old child abuse victim who traveled from O...
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Personal connections show lawyer Alex Murdaugh's downfall
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The shooting deaths of South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh's wife and son started a chain of investigations, strange happenings and legal maneuvers...
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Fed ethics inquiry clears Powell and Clarida trades
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve's inspector general concluded Thursday that financial trades made several years ago by Chair Jerome Powell and Richard Clarida, the...
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Governor: Uvalde video 'shocking' account of police response
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday again said he was initially misled about the police response to the Uvalde school massacre, calling newly leaked ...
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NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker
Jul 14, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The NAACP on Thursday made a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation in...