NEW YORK (AP) — Tayari Jones’ “Kin,” a novel tracing the life and times of two Black friends from small-town Louisiana, has won the Kirkus Prize for fiction. Paula Colloff’s “Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast” won for nonfiction, and Elizabeth Acevedo’s “Anger Is Only a […]
Hail the size of golf balls pummel parts of Arizona as rare storm moves through the West
PHOENIX (AP) — Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts pounded northern and central Arizona in a rare storm blowing through, bringing with it tornado risks and possible flash floods. The National Weather Service issued multiple…
In final Michigan Senate debate, El-Sayed and Rogers question each other’s loyalties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers clashed in their final Senate debate Wednesday, with El-Sayed trying to tie his opponent to President Donald Trump and Rogers saying his rival’s progressive…
FACT FOCUS: When it comes to Trump’s economy, these are the numbers that matter before Nov. 3
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to convince voters before the Nov. 3 midterm elections that the U.S. economy is rocketing upward. But voters say inflation remains a challenge because the Iran war has pushed up gasoline…
Democrats’ faith in election results is falling but still exceeds Republicans’, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Daemien Williams used to trust U.S. election results, but not anymore. The 50-year-old Democrat in Centreville, Illinois, worries that President Donald Trump and other Republicans will try anything from intimidating…
Russia releases detained American Stephen Hubbard during a visit by Trump administration envoy
Russia on Wednesday released a retired American teacher who had been imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.…
UN projections say world is losing ground in fight to curb climate change, faulting US a bit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Losing more ground in the fight against climate change, humanity is heading for a hotter world than experts projected last year — and the United States is a big reason for that, a new United Nations report says. If all…