Search

A new front opens over South Dakota ballot initiatives: withdrawing signatures from petitions 03/15/2024 06:31pm • South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill to allow signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures — a move opponents decry as a jab at direct democracy and a proposed abortion rights initiative, which would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution Trump White House official Peter Navarro asks Supreme Court to stave off contempt sentence 03/15/2024 06:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump White House official Peter Navarro appealed to the Supreme Court Friday to allow him to stay out of prison as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report to a federal prison next week, after an appeals court ruled that his appeal wasn't likely New York City won't offer 'right to shelter' to some immigrants after 30 days in deal with advocates 03/15/2024 05:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Some immigrants in New York City could be formally denied emergency housing after officials and human rights advocates agreed to compromise on the interpretation of a unique legal decision that gives the “ right to shelter ” to anyone who asks, the mayor announced Friday. Mayor Prosecutors say New York subway shooting may have been self defense 03/15/2024 05:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who shot and critically wounded another passenger on a New York City subway train may have acted in self-defense and will not immediately be charged with any crime, prosecutors said Friday. “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsettin North Dakota voters will decide whether 81 is too old to serve in Congress 03/15/2024 04:42pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters will decide this June whether to prevent people from running for Congress if they're old enough to turn 81 during their House or Senate term. A signature drive has succeeded in adding the question to the ballot, Secretary of State Michael Howe's office an Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to plunge 03/15/2024 04:20pm • Boeing is telling airlines to inspect switches on pilots' seats in its 787 Dreamliner jets after a published report said an accidental cockpit seat movement likely caused the sudden plunge of a LATAM Airlines plane flying to New Zealand. Boeing said Friday it recommended that airlines inspect the mo Things to know about developments impacting LGBTQ+ rights across the US 03/15/2024 03:21pm • A legal settlement in Florida, legislative action in Arkansas and a lawsuit in Georgia this week made waves in an ongoing national battle over the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans. Over the past three years or so, many Republican officials have been trying to limit those rights, imposing rules on which sp Maryland House pushes higher taxes, online gambling in $1.3B plan for education and transportation 03/15/2024 02:53pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A budget showdown at the Maryland General Assembly is brewing, with top House leaders outlining on Friday a $1.3 billion plan for new state revenues to pay future education and transportation costs that Senate leaders think is too hefty now and unsuitable for the state’s cu The Supreme Court won't intervene in a dispute over drag shows at a public university in Texas 03/15/2024 02:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from a student group that has been blocked from staging a drag show at a public university in Texas. The justices did not comment Friday in refusing to issue an order that would have allowed Spectrum WT — a group for LGBT Celebrity chef José Andrés' aid group has sent 200 tons of food to Gaza 03/15/2024 12:44pm • ▶ Watch Video: Chef José Andrés: Serving meals in a war zone Celebrity chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen nonprofit have sent aid to Gaza, shipping almost 200 tons of food this week to Palestinians. The organization shipp Russian missiles kill at least 16 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine's Odesa 03/15/2024 11:57am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ballistic missile attack blasted homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday, followed by a second missile that targeted first responders who arrived at the scene, officials said. At least 16 people were killed. The attack occurred as Russians began votin Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices 03/15/2024 11:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can't fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that's a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year's presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance on her pay covered her UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia 03/15/2024 08:49am • GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts said Friday they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said human rights violations have been Severe storms with tornadoes kill at least 3 in the central US 03/15/2024 08:45am • Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely to be discovered, authorities said. As the sun rose Friday, officials scrambled to assess the extent of the destruction with the po US Attorney for DC is prosecuting more cases as promising crime trends emerge 03/15/2024 06:00am • The U.S. Attorney for D.C. prosecuted more cases in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 than it did in the last quarter of fiscal 2023, according to new data released Thursday. In the last three months of 2023, the office prosecuted 55% of cases. That's up from the 53% of cases it prosecuted from Ju