BOSTON — A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm — in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in […]
Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he’ll vote against recreational pot after brother’s death
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he’ll be voting in November against a ballot amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in his state, a deeply […]
Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law
The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial in Delaware is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by the […]
Manhattan district attorney agrees to testify in Congress, but likely not until Trump is sentenced
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to testify before what’s likely to be a hostile, Republican-controlled congressional subcommittee, but likely not until […]
Some Florida Panhandle beaches are temporarily closed to swimmers after 2 reported shark attacks
SEACREST, Fla. — Two reported shark attacks Friday led authorities to temporary close beaches to swimmers in Walton County, on the Florida Panhandle. The first attack happened in the afternoon […]
New charges for alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer cast scrutiny on another man’s murder conviction
NEW YORK — For years prosecutors saw a connection in the killings of three young women who disappeared in the winter of 1993 and 1994, their nude bodies found strangled, […]
New York governor defends blocking plan that would toll Manhattan drivers to pay for subway repairs
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday defended her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway […]
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE — Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, […]
Judge orders temporary halt to UC academic workers’ strike over war in Gaza
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Thousands of academic workers on strike at the University of California were ordered by a state judge Friday to temporarily cease their weekslong strike over the […]
Fourth man charged in betting scandal that sank Jontay Porter’s NBA career
A fourth man was arrested Friday in the sports betting scandal that got Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter expelled from the NBA. Ammar Awawdeh, 32, turned himself in following the […]