By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data — through the first …
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Club Q shooting survivors press Congress to act on guns
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub testified Wednesday to Congress about the onslaught of threats and…
A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — They would have been 16 or 17 this year. High school juniors. The children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012 should hav…
A slowdown in US inflation eases some pressure on households
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they conti…
Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it ‘a blow against hate’
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A celebratory crowd of thousands bundled up on a chilly Tuesday afternoon to watch President Joe Biden sign gay marriage legislation into law, a jo…
EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on Twitter
By MATT O’BRIEN, BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER The Associated Press What you’re seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing. But how? The social media platform’s new owner, Elon M…
Trump probe subpoena served on Georgia secretary of state
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Nevada’s most populous county and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have received subpoenas related to special counsel Jack Smith’s investi…
Musk’s Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights a…
Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing now in American custody
By ERIC TUCKER and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an i…
Making ‘indie’ video games gets trickier as industry evolves
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Video game developer Ben Esposito’s first big break was a quirky game called Donut County starring a raccoon who dropped small objects and then entire neighb…