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Trump's anti-DEI battle threatens nonprofits trying to fill critical labor gaps

Trump's anti-DEI battle threatens nonprofits trying to fill critical labor gaps

CHICAGO (AP) — Recruiting women into construction has been a painstaking but broadly popular effort, with growing bipartisan and industry support amid persistent labor shortages.
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A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law

A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As 18-year-old Bobby Gumpright rode his bike home from his bartending job in New Orleans in 1999, he began to concoct a story about why he didn't have any money.
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Recount sees Liberals take Quebec riding of Terrebonne by single vote

Recount sees Liberals take Quebec riding of Terrebonne by single vote

TORONTO — The Liberals inched another seat closer to a majority government on Saturday, after a judicial recount left their candidate as the winner in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, by a margin of just one vote.
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Pandemic-era lawsuit over gun at Michigan Zoom meeting is settled for $100,000

Pandemic-era lawsuit over gun at Michigan Zoom meeting is settled for $100,000

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan county has settled a lawsuit over an elected official who flashed a rifle during a COVID-19-era public meeting on Zoom.
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King enters 2026 Republican race for US Senate

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King enters 2026 Republican race for US Senate

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King on Monday became the second major Republican to enter the 2026 race to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen Jon Ossoff, saying “President Trump needs reinforcements and Georgia needs a new senator.
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Trump's tariffs have launched global trade wars. Here's a timeline of how we got here

NEW YORK (AP) — Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.
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Trump's reshaping of higher education tests America's appeal for international students

Trump's reshaping of higher education tests America's appeal for international students

As he finishes college in China, computer science student Ma Tianyu has set his sights on graduate school in the United States. No country offers better programs for the career he wants as a game developer, he said. He applied only to U.S.
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In Pittsburgh, candidates face their future voters, part of a national effort to engage the young

In Pittsburgh, candidates face their future voters, part of a national effort to engage the young

PITTSBURGH (AP) — At Perry Traditional Academy, students took time out from classes on a recent Thursday to listen quietly in the school auditorium while a small group of their classmates questioned the four candidates running in Pittsburgh's upcomin
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Sen. Cornyn of Texas says federal probe started into Muslim-centered community near Dallas

Sen. Cornyn of Texas says federal probe started into Muslim-centered community near Dallas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into a Muslim-centered planned community around one of the state's largest mosques near Dallas, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Friday.
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Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter , days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office.
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