Friday September 20th, 2024 4:59AM

AP National News

Here's why experts don't think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai's downpour
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai
6:30PM ( 5 months ago )
Biden is off on details of his uncle's WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military
President Joe Biden has misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the man’s wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief
6:30PM ( 5 months ago )
Republican AGs attack Biden's EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases
Twenty-three Republican attorneys general are attacking the Biden administration's stated goal of pursuing environmental justice
6:11PM ( 5 months ago )
Mississippi legislators won't smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies
5:46PM ( 5 months ago )
Abu Ghraib military contractor warned bosses of abuses 2 weeks after arriving, testimony reveals
A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison resigned within two weeks of his arrival and told his corporate bosses that mistreatment of detainees was likely to continue
4:46PM ( 5 months ago )
Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s
4:29PM ( 5 months ago )
Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off
4:07PM ( 5 months ago )
OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned
O.J. Simpson's lawyer in Las Vegas says the former football star and celebrity criminal defendant has been cremated
3:21PM ( 5 months ago )
Man sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park
A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year
3:21PM ( 5 months ago )
Family of Minnesota man shot to death by state trooper in traffic stop files civil rights lawsuit
The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging that the fatal shooting was unjustified and unlawful
2:55PM ( 5 months ago )