Thursday September 19th, 2024 5:39PM

AP National News

Fani Willis skips a Georgia state Senate hearing while challenging subpoena
A special Georgia state Senate committee that had subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with plans to question her Friday about “alleged misconduct” related to her election case against former President Donald Trump was unable to do so because she didn’t show up
1:51PM ( 6 days ago )
A tech company hired a top NYC official's brother. A private meeting and $1.4M in contracts followed
A consulting firm run by the brother of two top New York City officials is facing federal scrutiny over his work on behalf of companies that were seeking city contracts
1:48PM ( 6 days ago )
Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it next
Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients' immigration status in November
12:31PM ( 6 days ago )
Measure to repeal Nebraska’s private school funding law should appear on the ballot, court rules
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a measure seeking to repeal a new conservative-backed law providing taxpayer money for private school tuition should appear on the state's November ballot
10:04AM ( 6 days ago )
How this one climate fix means a school nurse sees fewer students sick from the heat
Around 36,000 schools in the U.S. are in need of updated heating and cooling systems, according to the Government Accountability Office
9:31AM ( 6 days ago )
Takeaways from AP's story about a Ferguson protester who became a prominent racial-justice activist
After Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, several nationally prominent Black religious leaders arrived, thinking they could help lead the protest movement that had surfaced
8:59AM ( 6 days ago )
Ferguson activist raised in the Black Church showed pastors how to aid young protesters
When the Black religious establishment arrived on the scene in Ferguson, Missouri, after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown Jr., protest organizer Brittany Packnett quickly realized something
8:57AM ( 6 days ago )
Jill Biden and the defense chief visit an Alabama base to highlight expanded military benefits
Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are traveling to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs the administration is rolling out to improve the quality of life and early childhood education in the military
8:16AM ( 6 days ago )
Jill Biden and Lloyd Austin visit an Alabama base to tout expanded military benefits
First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have gone to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs that the administration is rolling out to improve service members’ quality of life as well as early childhood education in the military
8:16AM ( 6 days ago )
Boeing factory workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer
More than 33,000 aircraft assembly workers are on strike at Boeing factories in Washington state, Oregon and California after union members overwhelmingly rejected a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years
3:59AM ( 6 days ago )