The Associated Press

The Associated Press is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.

Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list

HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized this week

3:47PM ( 5 months ago )

California judge halts hearing in fight between state agricultural giant and farmworkers' union

A California judge has temporarily blocked a hearing from taking place in a dispute between one of the state’s most influential agricultural companies and the country’s biggest farmworkers’ union

3:47PM ( 5 months ago )

Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating data protection and consumer rights laws

Nigeria's government has fined Meta $220 million after its investigations found “multiple and repeated” violations of the country’s data protection and consumer rights laws on Facebook and WhatsApp

3:39PM ( 5 months ago )

New judge sets ground rules for long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug

The new judge presiding over the racketeering and gang prosecution of rapper Young Thug and several other defendants says she plans to move forward expeditiously with the trial, which has already dragged on for more than a year

3:28PM ( 5 months ago )

Detroit's giant slide is back. There will probably be fewer bruises this time

Ready, set, go

3:11PM ( 5 months ago )

Injured and locked-out fans file first lawsuits over Copa America stampede and melee

The first lawsuits have been filed in connection with last weekend's melees that broke out when fans without tickets forced their way into the Copa America soccer final at South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium

3:04PM ( 5 months ago )

Chiefs set deadline of 6 months to decide whether to renovate Arrowhead or build new — and where

The Chiefs have set a deadline of six months from now to decide on a plan for the future of Arrowhead Stadium

3:03PM ( 5 months ago )

Shane Lowry keeps calm and carries British Open lead at Troon

Shane Lowry has the British Open lead at Royal Troon after a 69 on a wild day at Royal Troon

2:52PM ( 5 months ago )

Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out

Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms, at least until November

2:43PM ( 5 months ago )

Marine accused of flashing a Nazi salute during the Capitol riot gets almost 5 years in prison

A Marine accused of flashing a Nazi salute during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for assaulting police officers who were guarding the building

2:31PM ( 5 months ago )