Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit Tuesday against Republican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it’s taking on Maine
UN to review the impact of its agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief appointed a British human rights activist on Tuesday to carry out a strategic review of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees to assess its impact under the”present political, financial,
South Dakota panel rejects permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture Midwest pipeline
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday after South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission denied its route permit application. The commission voted 2-1 to deny the application
Costa Rica will give migrants deported from the US permits to stay in the country for 3 months
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Costa Rica announced Tuesday it will allow some of the approximately 200 migrants deported from the United States and held in detention in the Central American country to stay and move about freely
US Senate panel to hold May 1 confirmation hearing for deputy commerce secretary nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Commerce Committee said Tuesday it plans to hold a May 1 confirmation hearing for Paul Dabbar to serve as deputy U.S. commerce secretary. Dabbar is a former CEO of Bohr Quantum Technology,
Factbox-Major changes in Trump’s overhaul US State Department
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a major overhaul of the U.S. State Department that would shutter more than 100 offices, part of President Donald Trump’s push to
Inside the investigation, seizure and death of Peanut the social media star squirrel
New York environmental workers who came with a warrant looking for Peanut the squirrel found the scampering social media star on a bathtub. His housemate, Fred the raccoon, was in a suitcase in a bedroom closet. Soon
Oregon police arrest driver behind fatal crash involving community college softball team
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police have arrested the driver behind a fatal crash involving a community college softball team that left a player and a coach dead. Jonathan Dowdy, 32, was being held Tuesday at the
Alabama inmate seeks his execution, saying he believes in ‘an eye for an eye’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man on Alabama’s death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.” “The reason I dropped my appeals is I am guilty
Following FSU shooting, students call on lawmakers to block effort to lower gun-buying law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Student survivors of last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University urged state legislators Tuesday to block an effort to reverse a law passed after the 2018 Parkland school shooting that lowered the
