Anti-corruption presidential candidate assassinated at campaign event in Ecuador's capital (apnews.com)
California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school safety (apnews.com)
California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday....
The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says (apnews.com)
The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region.
New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque (apnews.com)
Sex education classes often don't include LGBTQ+ students. New restrictions could make it worse (apnews.com)
In fifth grade, Stella Gage’s class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a few sessions of her health class were dedicated to the risks of sexual behaviors....
Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US’s first public religious school (apnews.com)
California governor vetoes bill that would have banned caste discrimination (apnews.com)
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination....
California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on racial, gender teachings (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities....
Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist (apnews.com)
A federal jury in Louisiana on Wednesday acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight.
The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices....
Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up (apnews.com)
Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio's new abortion rights amendment (apnews.com)
Four Ohio Republican state lawmakers are seeking to strip judges of their power to interpret an abortion rights amendment after voters opted to enshrine those rights in the state’s constitution this week....
2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show (apnews.com)
A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot....
Capitol rioter who attacked Reuters cameraman and police officer gets more than 4 years in prison (apnews.com)
Shane Jason Woods, 45, was the first person charged with assaulting a member of the news media during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection....
Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says (apnews.com)
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years (apnews.com)
Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty (apnews.com)
A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, Texas.
New rule will cut federal money to college programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay (apnews.com)
Poultry companies ask judge to dismiss ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed (apnews.com)
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and the others say in a motion filed Thursday that evidence in the case is now more than 13 years old....
Californians plead guilty in $600 million nationwide catalytic converter theft scheme (apnews.com)
Three members of a California family pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey, federal prosecutors said....
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)
Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits (apnews.com)
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits::Utah has become the latest state to sue TikTok, alleging the social media company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy habits.
Police face criticism over central Kansas newspaper raid in which computers, phones seized (apnews.com)
King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconian (apnews.com)
Fatal police shooting of pregnant Ohio woman raises concerns over firing at moving vehicles (apnews.com)
Body camera video of the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant mother in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, has raised questions about how an allegation of shoplifting led to a bullet being fired through her windshield....
