Pa. hunters experience long lines virtually, in person on 1st day of Game Commission license sales
Dorothy Mutter, a cashier at Hepler’s Hardware in Youngwood, was met with a line of hunters waiting for the shop to open when she came to work Monday morning. It was the opening day of hunting license and doe tag sales, and hunters across Pennsylvania eagerly waited, either in line...
Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia, with 2 million expected after lifting of covid measures
MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, and then converged on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Monday, returning to its full capacity for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. So far, more...
Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
WASHINGTON — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorded the signature whistles...
Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crimeVideo
JACKSON, Miss. — James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what he believes was his divine mission: conquering white supremacy in the deeply, and often violently, segregated state of Mississippi. A half-century later, the civil rights leader is still talking about his...
Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost power of Black voters
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana political remap case, increasing the likelihood that the Republican-dominated state will have to redraw boundary lines to create a second mostly Black congressional district. The development revived Black Louisianans’ optimism of creating a second majority-Black district in...
For some states with transgender bathrooms laws, enforcement is an issue
BISMARCK, N.D. — When North Dakota restricted what bathrooms transgender students can use in public schools and universities this year, the school district in the state’s largest city promised to ignore the new rules. A Republican legislator then called for confiscating its state funding, but the law doesn’t include that...
Biden: U.S., NATO had no role in insurrection in Russia by mercenary force
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday said United States and NATO had no involvement in the short-lived insurrection in Russia by the Wagner Group mercenary force. He said it’s “too early” to assess the impact on the war in Ukraine. Biden said he held a video call with allies...
How to prepare to start paying back your student loans when the pandemic payment freeze ends
NEW YORK — A three-year pause on federal student loan payments will soon end regardless of how the Supreme Court rules this week on a White House plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt. The conservative-leaning court seems poised to strike down President Biden’s plan, which would...
If this Delaware senator wins a U.S. House seat, she’ll be the 1st trans member of Congress
DOVER, Del. — Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride announced Monday she’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Already the first openly transgender state senator elected in the country, she’d be the first transgender member of Congress if she wins in November. In a video posted to social media, McBride,...
DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration and border security policy that largely mirrors Trump’s
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to end birthright citizenship, finish building the southern border wall and send U.S. forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels as part of an aggressive — and familiar — immigration policy proposal he laid out Monday in a Texas border...
Colorado Springs mass shooter pleads guilty; victims call him a ‘monster’ who hunted LGBTQ+ patrons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Victims called the Colorado Springs mass shooter a “monster” who hunted down LGBTQ+ patrons in a calculated attack last year that killed five people. Surviving victims and family members of those slain spoke during an emotional sentencing hearing Monday after shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty...
Supreme Court dismisses case in which Democratic lawmakers sued over Trump hotel lease
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case it had planned to hear about limits on lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government, in a dispute that involved the former Trump International Hotel in Washington. The justices threw out a federal appeals court ruling that...
A daily pill may work as well as Wegovy shots to treat obesity
What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill? That’s a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled criticism by those who advocate for wider weight acceptance. Soon, it may be...
Supreme Court won’t let North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts to school. The justices declined without comment to hear an appeal from the Charter Day School in the eastern North Carolina town of Leland....
Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they’re drowning in debt
SAN FRANCISCO — Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the...
NYC gets $25M for e-bike charging stations, seeking to prevent deadly battery fires
NEW YORK — After a series of fires involving faulty e-bike batteries including a recent blaze that claimed four lives, New York City officials announced Sunday that they are receiving a $25 million emergency grant from the federal government to fund scores of charging stations citywide. Mayor Eric Adams hopes...
With abortion rights on the line, an August special election has Ohio election offices scrambling
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio, as already stressed election workers are suddenly faced with a mountain of logistical challenges after Republican lawmakers backtracked on their own law. Officials have to lure poll workers away from vacations,...
Trump feted as Man of the Decade in Michigan county he lost twice
LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump was honored as the Man of the Decade in a Michigan county he lost twice as he returned to the state looking to reclaim territory that helped propel him to the White House but that slipped from his grasp four years later. Campaigning...
Indiana tornado kills 1 as severe weather causes damage and power outages
SHOALS, Ind. — A tornado struck a home, killing one occupant and injuring another as severe weather hit parts of Indiana, Tennessee and other states, an official said. The tornado that struck the home Sunday evening was part of a storm system that pushed through Martin County, Indiana, WXIN-TV reported....
Fourth defendant sentenced to prison in 2020 drug-related slaying of classmate
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The last of several teenagers charged in the shooting death of a classmate in a drug-related robbery more than three years ago in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to prison following a plea deal. Damien Green, now 19, was sentenced Friday to 15 to 30 years after pleading guilty...
In post-Roe era, House Republicans begin quiet push for new restrictions on abortion access
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court issued its abortion ruling last June overturning Roe v. Wade, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said “our work is far from done.” He didn’t say what might come next. A year later later, McCarthy is the speaker, Republicans are in the majority and the...
Coast Guard is investigating the loss of the Titan submersible to determine cause of implosion
The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it is leading an investigation into the loss of the Titan submersible that was carrying five people to the Titanic, to determine what caused it to implode. Capt. Jason Neubauer, chief investigator, said the salvage operations are ongoing, and they have mapped the accident...
Water being tested where freight train carrying hazardous material plunged into Yellowstone RiverVideo
COLUMBUS, Mont. — Authorities on Sunday were testing the water quality along a stretch of the Yellowstone River where mangled cars carrying hazardous materials remained after crashing into the waterway following a bridge collapse. Seven train cars carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur fell into the rushing river Saturday morning...
Pence lawyer says John Eastman’s push to reject electors left him ‘offended for my profession’
On the day before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021, Orange County law professor John Eastman was trying to convince Mike Pence’s attorney that the vice president possessed a power that none of his predecessors had ever exercised in American history. Eastman was in Washington, D.C., in his capacity...
At least 3 dead and 5 injured at early morning shootings in Kansas City, Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At least three people have been found dead, and at least five others are thought to be injured, police in Missouri said while investigating two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning. Officers were called to the intersection of...
