14 shot at Vegas hookah parlor; 1 dead and 2 critically hurt
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS Fourteen people were shot before dawn Saturday morning at a hookah parlor and police said one man died and that...
‘Stand your ground’ laws proliferate after Trayvon spotlight
By Curt Anderson and Lindsay Whitehurst
The Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The “stand your ground” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for more...
J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
By Geoff Mulvihill
The Associated Press
CAMDEN, N.J. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction...
CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines...
Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the White House said, making...
US vaccination drive is bottoming out as omicron subsides
HAMILTON, ALA. A handwritten log kept by nurses tells the story of the losing battle to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 in this...
AP-NORC poll: Most in US oppose major role in Russia strife
WASHINGTON There’s little support among Americans for a major U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new poll, even as President Joe...
Black innovators who reshaped American gardening, farming
But many other agricultural practices, innovations and foods that traveled with enslaved people from West Africa — or were developed by their descendants —...
All 3 defendants convicted of hate crimes in Arbery killing
BRUNSWICK, GA. The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday for violating Arbery’s...
Trump’s social media app launches year after Twitter ban
NEW YORK Former President Donald Trump's social media app that he hopes will rival Twitter launched Monday as he seeks a new digital stage...