By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding fresh answers from the U.S. Capitol Police about security failures that led to a brutal …
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Trump lawyers who fought election results saw Thomas as key
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election regarded an appea…
Witness: Oath Keepers head tried to reach Trump after Jan. 6
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes tried to get a message to then-President Donald Trump that urged…
Tribe seeks to adapt as climate change alters ancestral home
By TAMMY WEBBER and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Raymond Naranjo sings for rain, his voice rising and falling as he softly strikes his rawhide-covered drum. The 99-ye…
As housing prices surge, rent control is back on the ballot
By JANIE HAR and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Liberty McCoy was out Saturday urging voters to pass a Nov. 8 ballot measure to limit rent increases in Pasadena because she’s afra…
Families unleash grief and anger on Parkland school shooter
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Families of the 17 children and staff members Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered cursed him to hell, wished him a painful deat…
Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV that fills hospitals with wheez…
States struggle with pushback after wave of policing reforms
By DENISE LAVOIE, TATYANA MONNAY and JULIETTE RIHL Associated Press/Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The national reckoning on race and policing that followed the death…
Poll workers train for conflict: ‘A little nervous? I am.’
By CLAIRE SAVAGE and CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press / Report for America MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s top election official surveyed about 20 poll workers gathered in a classroom in a city buildin…
Does adversity make you stronger? Scientists say not always
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer There’s an old saying that adversity makes you stronger. Real life shows that’s not always true, but the adage highlights an evolving debate among scientists about …