By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed …
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Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
By SARAH KLEINER and TAYLOR JOHNSTON of the Center for Public Integrity and MICHAEL CASEY of The Associated Press Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a co…
NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press MIKE ISLAND, La. (AP) — Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played a…
Cosmic gulp: Astronomers see black hole swallow neutron star
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a s…
Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete
By TERRY SPENCER and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used bucket brigades and heavy machinery Mo…
Judge dismisses gov’t antitrust lawsuits against Facebook
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARCY GORDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition o…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By ALI SWENSON and TERRENCE FRASER Associated Press 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 w…
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, wh…
Officer asks McCarthy to denounce GOP remarks on Jan. 6 riot
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection confronted House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy in a m…
In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans
CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down on his bedro…