By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer
Boeing will be in the spotlight during back-to-back hearings Wednesday, as Congress examines allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer.
The first session will feature members of an expert panel that found serious flaws in ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87.
Graham's family ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — A small plane landed in a sprawling Honolulu park Tuesday and the two people on board were not injured, officials said.
The plane "lost power and landed safely" in Kapiolani Park, in the heart of tourist-mecca Waikiki, said ...
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday just months after he took the job.
The Rev. Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted a letter ...
By KEN RITTER Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson's last robust discussion with his longtime lawyer was just before Easter, at the country club home Simpson leased southwest of the Las Vegas Strip.
"He was awake, alert and chilling," attorney Malcom LaVergne recalled Tuesday. ...
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The planned closure of a federal women's prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won't occur before each inmate's status has been reviewed, with an eye toward determining who will be transferred elsewhere or ...
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Plumbing problems at the dam holding back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. are spurring concerns about future water delivery issues to Southwestern states supplied by the Colorado River.
Federal officials recently reported damage ...
By JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel ...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats won back a majority in the Michigan House and restored their party's full control of state government Tuesday thanks to victories in two special elections.
Mai Xiong won the special election in the 13th District, which ...
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling for a tripling of tariffs on steel from China to protect American producers from a flood of cheap imports, an announcement he planned to roll out Wednesday in an address to steelworkers ...
By MATTHEW DALY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge.
William Brock, 81, also faces counts of kidnapping and felonious assault in the ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...
By JIM SALTER Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Strong storms caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. Tuesday and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa, including one that left two people hurt.
An EF-1 tornado touched down shortly after 6 a.m. near the northeastern Kansas town of ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia police said Tuesday that they issued an arrest warrant for a state lawmaker for violating a restraining order.
A police spokesperson said the agency was unable to discuss the details of the warrant issued for Rep. Kevin Boyle. He was expected to turn ...
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returns to his childhood hometown of Scranton on Tuesday to open three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania, capitalizing on the opportunity to work the battleground state while Donald Trump spends the week in ...
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
A barge operator believes it has found a sunken barge in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding, company officials said Tuesday.
Crews used sonar to locate an object in a stretch of river north ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.
The ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson suggested Tuesday that the central bank's key rate may have to remain at its peak for a while to bring down persistently elevated inflation.
In a speech, Jefferson said he expects ...
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Whether the journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public will go before a Tennessee judge on Tuesday after nearly a year of legal wrangling over who can participate in the case.
What started as a simple ...