FORDYCE, Ark. — The sounds that filled the Mad Butcher grocery store on Tuesday — the beeping barcode scanners, the rattle of shopping carts and cash register drawers opening — […]

Dangerously high heat builds in California and the south-central United States
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Swaths of California sweltered Tuesday and things were only expected to get worse during the Fourth of July holiday week for parts of the United States with […]

Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decision
OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday to reconsider the case they dismissed last […]

US new-vehicle sales barely rose in the second quarter as buyers balked at still-high prices
FILE – A line of unsold 2024 Mustang Mach-E electric utility vehicles sit at a Ford dealership May 19, 2024, in Denver. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, automakers will report […]

Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can provide absentee voting assistance to people who have disabilities or cannot read or […]

FBI investigates vandalism at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati
CINCINANTI — The FBI and police in Cincinnati are investigating the damaging of nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries. The tombstones, some dating back to the late 1800s, likely […]

Trump’s campaign reports raising $331 million in year’s 2nd quarter, beating Biden’s haul
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s campaign says it outraised President Joe Biden in the year’s second quarter, with a reported haul of $331 million. That […]

San Diego County to pay nearly $15M to family of pregnant woman who died in jail 5 years ago
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County will pay nearly $15 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who died in jail after a sheriff’s […]

US deports 116 Chinese migrants in first ‘large’ flight in 5 years
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it sent 116 Chinese migrants from the United States back home in the first “large charter flight” in five years. […]

Rep. Lloyd Doggett is first Democrat to publicly call for Biden to step down as party’s nominee
WASHINGTON — A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee for president, citing […]