Griner back to work on and off court after whirlwind trips
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner caught a flight to Washington, D.C., to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, landed back at Phoenix around 4 a.m....
Ex-Wisconsin football player gets life sentences in killings
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin football wide receiver was sentenced Wednesday to two consecutive life sentences for the 2020 killings of two...
Michigan Democrats act to protect abortion rights of workers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats continued efforts to protect abortion rights Wednesday as the state Legislature advanced a bill that would outlaw companies from retaliating...
New North Carolina abortion limits on legislative fast track
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawmakers began voting Wednesday on a Republican package of abortion restrictions that would tighten North Carolina’s ban on the procedure from after...
Relatives of Americans held abroad seek action from Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of Americans detained abroad gathered outside the White House on Wednesday to urge the Biden administration to do more to bring their...
California companies pay higher taxes for unemployment debt
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One potential consequence of California’s ballooning budget deficit: Higher taxes for businesses, with increases possible every year for the next decade. Business...
Attorney wants court records sealed in Ralph Yarl shooting
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for an 84-year-old man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is asking a court...
Mexico president complains US is funding opposition
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has again complained to the United States that the U.S. government is funding organizations opposed to...
New Mexico St player: ‘First it hurts, then it changes you’
He came to New Mexico State to play basketball, maybe even live out a dream. On Wednesday, former Aggies basketball player Deuce Benjamin, flanked by his...
Man dies after being placed in headlock on NYC subway
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suffering an apparent mental health episode aboard a New York City subway died this week after being placed in a...