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Lawsuit filed challenging Arkansas school voucher program created by 2023 law 06/11/2024 06:42pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Four Arkansas residents have filed a lawsuit challenging a school voucher program created by an education overhaul signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last year, saying it violates the state constitution's protections for educational funding. The suit filed in state cour The Latest | Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan with 'amendments,' and US is evaluating 06/11/2024 06:36pm • Hamas responded Tuesday to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying it wants some “amendments” on the deal. The militant group's reply apparently fell short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been pushing for but kept negotiations alive over an elusive halt to President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial 06/11/2024 06:20pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Hunter Biden, 54, st North Carolina lawmakers approve mask bill that allows health exemption after pushback 06/11/2024 06:09pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A new, reworked version of a bill that originally caught flak for removing a pandemic-era health exemption for wearing a mask in public was approved by North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday. The amended bill still increases punishments for people wearing masks while committing a Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana 06/11/2024 06:05pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20 times higher than previously estimated, according to a paper published Tuesday in Aumenta la violencia por la presencia de tres grupos de la mafia en la misma región de Italia donde se reunirán los líderes del G7 06/11/2024 06:03pm • Roma (CNN) -- Casi al mismo tiempo que la primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, anunciaba que la reunión de líderes del G7 se realizaría en la región de Apulia, sur de Italia, en el marco de la presidencia de la organización económica, investigadores locales del combate a la mafia se cen Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce says he wants to keep playing football 'until the wheels come off' 06/11/2024 05:55pm • Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who signed a new two-year deal in April, said Tuesday that he wants to keep playing football “until the wheels come off" after the first day of the team's mandatory three-day minicamp. The 34-year-old Kelce signed a four-year, $57.25 million extension wit Biden's student loan work gets tepid reviews — even among those with debt, an AP-NORC poll finds 06/11/2024 05:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigns for reelection, President Joe Biden frequently touts his work on student debt, pointing to the millions of people who received cancellation under his watch. Yet relatively few Americans say they're fans of his work on the issue, even among those who have student l While rookie WR Malik Nabers impresses, QB Daniel Jones expects to be ready for training camp 06/11/2024 05:41pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Over the past month, New York Giants' first-round draft pick Malik Nabers has shown he may be ready to do big things in the NFL. The wide receiver from LSU who was the sixth pick overall has wowed teammates and coaches at organized team activities with his speed, explo Voting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico's primaries 06/11/2024 05:32pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday that it’s reviewing its contract with a U.S. electronic voting company after hundreds of discrepancies were discovered following the island’s heated primaries. The problem stemmed from a software issue that caused m Report: Differences between gay and straight spouses disappear after legalization of gay marriage 06/11/2024 05:26pm • Same-sex spouses were typically younger, had more education and were more likely to be employed than those in opposite-sex marriages, although many of those differences disappeared after the legalization of gay marriage in 2015, according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. A Four Connecticut campaign workers charged with mishandling absentee ballots in 2019 mayoral primary 06/11/2024 05:25pm • A Democratic Party official involved in a voting scandal that caused a judge to order a rerun of last year's mayoral election in Connecticut's largest city was arrested Tuesday and has been charged along with a city council member and two campaign workers with mishandling absentee ballots during a d Familiares recuerdan a los 3 hombres que murieron en un tiroteo en Annapolis el año pasado 06/11/2024 05:15pm • A un año de que un tiroteo masivo cobrara la vida de tres hispanos en Annapolis, Maryland, sus familiares los recuerdan con amor, mientras aún luchan con las secuelas emocionales y financieras que dejó la partida de las víctimas. Nicolás y Mario Mireles y Cristian Segovia fueron asesinados Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members 06/11/2024 05:08pm • Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia's long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company, a federal jury in Florida decided. The verdict Monday by a jury in West Palm Beach marks the first time the com Oracle: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 06/11/2024 05:07pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Oracle Corp. (ORCL) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $3.14 billion. On a per-share basis, the Austin, Texas-based company said it had profit of $1.11. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to $1.63