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Even Nebraska's nonpartisan Legislature is divided from acrimonious 2023 session 06/02/2023 08:46pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has long prided itself on being a paragon of collegiality and function, as the only single-chamber, nonpartisan Legislature in the country. But after a vicious 2023 session in which the body of 49 lawmakers remained irreconcilably split, Nebraska's sta Red Sox lefty Chris Sale goes on IL for 6th season in a row 06/02/2023 08:25pm • BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox placed left-hander Chris Sale on the injured list with shoulder inflammation on Friday, another setback for the seven-time All-Star as he attempts to re-establish himself as a reliable member of the rotation. “It’s just kind of a gut punch,” Sale told reporters befo Mariners lefty Gonzales getting tests on forearm, will miss start in Texas 06/02/2023 08:14pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mariners starter Marco Gonzales remained in Seattle for tests on his left forearm and will not make his scheduled start Saturday in Texas. Manager Scott Servais said Friday before the series opener against the Rangers that Gonzalez felt some discomfort after throwing 5 2/3 UN calls for immediate cease-fire in Sudan and path to renewed democratic transition talks 06/02/2023 07:14pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called Friday for an immediate cease-fire in Sudan to be followed by a permanent halt to hostilities and fresh efforts to reach a lasting democratic political settlement in the conflict-wracked country. The U.N.’s most powerful body strongly condem Lies, complaints and Larry Nassar: Takeaways from the records detailing Jeffrey Epstein's final days 06/02/2023 05:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Jeffrey Epstein's death, thousands of pages of records obtained by The Associated Press are shedding new light on the financier’s time behind bars and a frantic response by federal corrections officials to his death. The documents, including emails between Rafael Nadal has arthroscopic surgery for the hip injury that forced him to miss the French Open 06/02/2023 04:40pm • PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery on Friday night for the injured left hip flexor that forced him to sit out the French Open for the first time since he won the first of his record 14 titles there in his 2005 tournament debut. Nadal's spokesman, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, said three Judge allows suspect in Indianapolis officer's fatal shooting to seek insanity defense 06/02/2023 03:51pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer when she responded to a domestic violence call in 2020 will be allowed to seek insanity as a defense as he tries to avoid the death penalty. A Marion Superior Court judge made the ruling Friday and will assign t Missouri professor not guilty by reason of insanity in stabbing death of colleague 06/02/2023 02:35pm • SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former history professor at Missouri State University charged in the stabbing death of a colleague was found not guilty Friday by reason of insanity. Greene County Judge David Jones announced his ruling in the case of Edward Gutting, who was charged with first-degree murd Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/02/2023 01:35pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Amazon union organizer in Alabama who testified before Senate committee is terminated 06/02/2023 10:47am • A union organizer at Amazon who testified before a Senate committee has been terminated by the company, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The union says Jennifer Bates is dealing with injuries she received while working at Amazon and that her termination comes shortly af Abortion plays key role in closely watched Virginia primary involving Democratic 'pro-life' lawmaker 06/02/2023 09:28am • PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — On a recent Monday afternoon, Virginia state Sen. Joe Morrissey got a warm reception as he made his way through a neighborhood in Petersburg, knocking on doors, touting his credentials and asking residents for their votes in the upcoming Democratic primary. “I'm with you. America's religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade's reversal 06/02/2023 08:39am • In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways — some celebrating the state-level bans that have ensued, others angered that a conservative Christian cause has changed the l New details of Jeffrey Epstein's death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP 06/02/2023 12:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running. Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep, jail officials observed in records newly ob Today in History: June 2, Timothy McVeigh convicted 06/02/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2023. There are 212 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 2, 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 16 Biden says he got 'sandbagged' after he tripped and fell onstage at Air Force graduation 06/01/2023 09:51pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden quipped that he got “sandbagged” Thursday after he tripped and fell — but was uninjured — while onstage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation. Biden had been greeting the graduates in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the front of the stag