NEW YORK — New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade will kick off Monday with thousands of revelers dancing and marching through Brooklyn in one of the world’s largest […]
Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds
CONCORD, N.H. — Decades after she was picked to be America’s first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first woman to be […]
District attorney’s progressive policies face blowback from Louisiana’s conservative Legislature
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams promised to address the city’s history of prosecutorial and police misconduct when he was elected four years ago, but now he’s […]
Harris looks to Biden for a boost in Pennsylvania as the two are set to attend a Labor Day parade
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are co-headlining a campaign event Monday in the marquee battleground state of Pennsylvania as Harris balances presenting herself as “a […]
Federal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere
WASHINGTON — Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and […]
Asian benchmarks are mixed in cautious trading ahead of US holiday, jobs report
TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed in cautious trading Monday ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., when stock exchanges will be closed. Investors were also looking ahead […]
Man fatally shoots 3 in Hawaii after ramming cars at neighbor’s home before being killed, police say
HONOLULU — Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming from a dispute between neighbors on Saturday night in Hawaii, police said. The […]
Chase Briscoe wins at Darlington to get NASCAR playoff spot; Ty Gibbs and Martin Truex Jr. also advance to postseason
Chase Briscoe wins at Darlington to get NASCAR playoff spot; Ty Gibbs and Martin Truex Jr. also advance to postseason Source link
ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports
ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend […]
Linda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies at 80
LOS ANGELES — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant […]