By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Long after he was killed, Myrtle Green-Burton wouldn’t let anyone wear her 17-year-old son’s high school track …
Verstappen wins 1st F1 title with last lap pass of Hamilton
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The most dramatic Formula One season in years should have ended with Max Verstappen’s championship-deciding pass of Le…
Capitol rioters’ social media posts influencing sentencings
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press For many rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, self-incriminating messages, photos and videos that they broadcast on social media before, during and aft…
Spokesman: 8 factory workers dead, 8 missing from tornado
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Workers on the night shift at Mayfield Consumer Products were in the middle of the holiday rush, cranking out candles, when a t…
California governor wants Texas-like law to ban assault guns
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in …
Barred from priesthood, some Catholic women find other roles
By CLAIRE GIANGRAVÈ of Religion News Service and DAVID CRARY of The Associated Press ROME (AP) — Women aspiring to leadership in the Catholic church have long come to terms with the glass ceiling that…
Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming
By CALEB JONES Associated Press COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii (AP) — On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a v…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
The Associated Press COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause immunodeficiency syndrome CLAIM: COVID-19 vaccines are causing a new illness called “VAIDS,” short for vaccine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. TH…
Al Unser, a four-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 82
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Unser died at his home in Ch…
Colts owner donates $3 million for mental health studies
By The Associated Press Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has donated $3 million to fund a new research institute at Indiana University. The Irsay Family Research Institute will be located on the uni…