Utah Jazz fan’s lawsuit over taunting incident dismissed
SALT LAKE CITY — A lawsuit against the Utah Jazz by a fan who was banned for life from the team's arena over what...
Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a...
Bundles of cocaine washing ashore in coastal Texas county
MATAGORDA, Texas — Authorities in a coastal Texas county are asking beachgoers to not pick up any suspicious items in the water after several...
AP Interview: Michigan official warns of democracy threats
LANSING, Michigan — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson serves as the chief election official in Michigan, working alongside nearly 1,700 local officials who administer...
Texas missing chance to avert deadly blackouts, experts say
AUSTIN, Texas — Elzie Ford lost power in his freezing home for nearly a week during February’s catastrophic blackouts in Texas. By the time...
Texas zoo: Woman who entered monkey enclosure to be charged
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Zoo plans to press charges against a woman who was caught on video trying to feed spider...
US wildlife managers propose protections for rare chicken
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. wildlife managers on Wednesday proposed federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, saying its habitat across five states is in...
Louisiana gator swaps swamp life for Texas beach getaway
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded swamp scum for a sandy Padre Island beach in...
Union chief says flight attendant lost 2 teeth in assault
DALLAS — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger and lost two teeth in the attack last weekend, according to a...
Lawsuit dismissed in death of woman buried in beach sand
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The lawsuit surrounding the death of a woman who was accidentally buried alive on a Maryland beach by a tractor...

