Greene sues to stop challenge to her reelection eligibility
ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a state law that a group of voters is using to challenge her eligibility to run for reelection. The challenge filed last month with the Georgia secretary of state’s office alleges that Greene, a Republican, helped facilitate the...
U.S. auto sales fall in Q1 as chip shortage slows factories
DETROIT — New-vehicle sales in the U.S. fell about 12% in the first quarter compared with a year ago, as the global computer chip shortage continued to slow factories amid high consumer demand. General Motors reported Friday that its sales were down 20% for the quarter, while Toyota sales were...
Federal tax probe into Biden’s son, Hunter, moves forward
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury has heard testimony in recent months about Hunter Biden’s income and payments he received while serving on the board of a Ukraine energy company, according to two people familiar with the probe. It remains unclear whether he might be charged. But the grand jury...
U.S. to require greater fuel efficiency for new vehicles
DETROIT — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Trump. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its...
Pa. election 2022: A guide to the primary race few voters are paying attention to
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — By now, most voters have likely heard about the congested, double-digit field of contenders jockeying in this year’s primary...
Census records from 1950 could solve some family mysteries
Elaine Powell set her alarm and jumped on her computer just after midnight so she could find the first time she appeared in the U.S. population count — information she had to wait more than seven decades to see. Powell, who was born in 1946, found her name recorded at...
House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim
WASHINGTON — Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level under legislation the House approved Friday as Democrats made the case for allowing states to set their own policies on pot. The bill is unlikely to become law since it is expected to die in the Senate. That would mirror...
House panel’s possible options for alleging Trump 1/6 crimes
WASHINGTON — The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection. But neither Trump nor any of his top advisers have faced charges over the attack in a court of law, and it’s uncertain if they ever will. But increasingly, lawmakers on the House committee...
For centuries, the Ukrainian language was overshadowed by its Russian cousin. That’s changing
Languages rise and fall with history, in nations and university language departments alike. In 1980, when Roman Koropeckyj stepped into his classroom at Harvard to teach Polish, he was “gobsmacked” by the dozens of students awaiting him. The Polish trade unionists of the Solidarity movement, who were defying Soviet oppression...
War in real time: TikTok and Twitter stars document Russia’s war in Ukraine
A snowy sidewalk strewn with bloodied bodies. A beleaguered president roaming the streets of a country under attack. Missiles streaming. Sirens wailing. Teens making homemade bombs. And dead soldiers, so many of them, lying crumpled in fields and slumped in smoldering tanks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spawned a constant...
Talks resume as Ukraine denies hitting depot on Russian soil
KYIV, Ukraine — Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from the shattered and encircled city of Mariupol broke down and Russia accused the Ukrainians of a cross-border helicopter attack on an oil depot. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov,...
Pope makes historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for Canada abuses
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church’s misguided missionary zeal. Francis...
Mine accident in central Serbia kills 8, injures 18
CITLUK, Serbia — An accident Friday in a mine in central Serbia killed eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said. It happened when part of the mine pit collapsed, releasing the methane gas inside and trapping the miners, state RTS television and local media reported. The accident in the...
Arizona will require voters to prove citizenship, residency
PHOENIX — Arizona’s Republican governor signed a bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship to vote in a presidential election, drawing fierce opposition from voting rights advocates who say it risks affecting some 200,000 people. The bill also requires anyone newly registering to vote to provide proof of their address....
1 officer killed, 2 others shot in Lebanon County
LEBANON — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two officers were injured Thursday during a shooting while responding to a domestic disturbance, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said. Police went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke...
Police: Student kills peer at South Carolina middle schoolVideo
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A 12-year-old student was shot and killed Thursday by another 12-year-old student inside their South Carolina middle school, authorities said. The shooter was found hiding under a deck at a home not far from Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville about an hour after the shooting and was...
House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Democrats seek wider billVideo
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation. Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief...
Defrocked priest, 84, gets house arrest for lying to FBI
PHILADELPHIA — An 84-year-old defrocked priest was sentenced to five years of probation for lying to the FBI about whether he knew a former altar boy and his family. Robert Brennan, of Perryville, Md., was ordered to spend the first two years on house arrest. Under a plea agreement, he...
Federal judge strikes down parts of Florida election law; cites race
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a ruling Thursday that the Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to suppress Black voters. The law tightened rules on mailed ballots, drop boxes and other popular election methods — changes...
5 fetuses found inside D.C. home of anti-abortion activistVideo
WASHINGTON — Police found five fetuses in the home of a self-proclaimed “anti-abortion activist” who was indicted this week on federal charges alleging that she was part of a group of people who blocked access to a Washington, D.C. reproductive health center. The Metropolitan Police Department says officers were responding...
Severe storms pummel South, killing at least 2 in FloridaVideo
A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and strong wind ripped across the Deep South overnight — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states. In Florida, the Washington...
Deadly Interstate 81 pileup among Pennsylvania’s worst since 2001
The deadly, snow squall-induced pileup on Interstate 81 on Monday, which resulted in six confirmed deaths and an additional 24 people injured, ranks among the worst accidents of its kind in Pennsylvania since the start of the century. The 80-vehicle accident occurred around 10:35 a.m. in the northbound lanes of...
Explainer: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
DALLAS — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices. The White House announced Thursday that Biden ordered the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months. Biden will also...
Ukrainian communities in U.S. prepare to support refugees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the United States prepares to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees following Russia’s invasion of their country, existing communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are already mobilizing to provide food, shelter and support to those fleeing the war. The federal government hasn’t said when the...
Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago. An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome — the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being —...
