By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An individual’s duty to retreat before using force has been eliminated in Ohio under a gun rights bill signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeW…
Minority-owned companies waited months for loans, data shows
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG and JUSTIN MYERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many …
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press Dec 31, 2020 A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social…
Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Ame…
Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to ‘find’ him votes
By JEFF AMY, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe …
Republicans condemn ‘scheme’ to undo election for Trump
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary Republican effort to overturn the presidential election was condemned Sunday by an outpouring of current an…
Congress opens new session as virus, Biden’s win dominate
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republ…
Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult two years
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden se…
Chief: Police didn’t show care for Andre Hill after shooting
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In the minutes that ticked by after a police officer shot Andre Hill inside his friend’s garage, officers scoured the dri…
Andre Hill’s loved ones mourn loss of ‘a chess-playing mind’
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In late May, Andre Hill and his roommate Donyell Bryant watched in shock, along with the nation, the video of a Minnea…