Associated Press, Author at American Press

El Paso Walmart

Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. ... Read more

by Associated Press, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:00 pm

App

Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in ... Read more

by Associated Press, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:50 am

Black districts

Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats

The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district. Several of the court’s conservative justices ... Read more

by Associated Press, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:51 am

DOGE

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed ... Read more

by Associated Press, Monday, March 24, 2025 10:49 am

Slidell

Deputy fatally struck by fleeing vehicle while putting out spike strips

A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was fatally struck by a fleeing vehicle as he put a spike strip down on a highway during a pursuit early ... Read more

by Associated Press, Sunday, March 23, 2025 3:29 pm

will wade

NC State officially announces hiring of Wade as new Wolfpack coach

N.C. State has made it official: McNeese’s Will Wade is the Wolfpack’s new men’s basketball coach. The school announced the hiring Sunday, coming a day after ... Read more

by Associated Press, Sunday, March 23, 2025 1:40 pm

Mahmoud Khalil

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appears in immigration case

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly Friday in immigration court in a remote Louisiana detention center as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, March 21, 2025 9:47 am

department of education

Trump signs orders to dismantle Education Department while keeping some core functions

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s ... Read more

by Associated Press, Thursday, March 20, 2025 4:06 pm

Assassination

Trump administration makes public thousands of files related to JFK assassination

Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening. About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the website of ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 9:59 am

Execution

Louisiana puts man to death in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 4:05 am

< Older

SportsPlus

  • Special Sections