Tag: State governments
3 indicted in Vegas in 2-state Thanksgiving shooting rampage
<p>LAS VEGAS — Three people from Texas were indicted Wednesday in Las Vegas on charges including murder and terrorism stemming from a series of...
Ex-judge Cheri Beasley to run for U.S. Senate, advisers say
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — Coming off a narrow election defeat in 2020, North Carolina’s first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the state...
Critics: Doctor’s note for vaccine unfairly penalizing poor
FORT LAUDEDALE, Fla. — Claes Bell repeatedly called his doctor, leaving multiple messages and emails, desperate to get him to sign a state form...
More than 900K Hoosiers now fully vaccinated for COVID-19
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 900,000 Indiana residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while the state's pandemic death toll is nearing 13,000, state...
Severe storms, tornadoes possible across the Deep South
<p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The prospect of more tornadoes overnight and into Thursday across the Deep South had forecasters advising residents to take extra precautions...
AP Interview: Newsom admits mistakes in 1st reopening
<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged mistakes in communicating with the public last year before the first loosening of coronavirus restrictions led...
Branson leads business group demanding end to death penalty
NEW YORK — Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson feels the time has come to galvanize business leaders in a movement to eradicate the death...
Court upholds Iowa man’s civil judgment in mother’s death
DES MOINES, Iowa — There was enough evidence for a jury to conclude in a wrongful death lawsuit that an Iowa man shot and...
Arkansas abortion bill would require rape, incest reports
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Senate on Thursday voted to require victims of rape and incest to have first reported the crime to...
Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps US prosecutors
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Justice Department’s to-do list was already daunting, especially with this year's flood of pandemic-delayed federal cases. And now two...