By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The district attorney prosecuting a man accused of setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence said Friday that investigators are assessing whether religious or political bias could explain why he expressed ...

By HANNAH FINGERHUT AND TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press AmeriCorps placed most staff members on administrative leave with pay this week, effective immediately, according to a staff member and an internal memo shared with The Associated Press. The memo from AmeriCorps' interim director ...

By BEN FINLEY, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In the summer of 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James helped her niece buy a modest house in Norfolk, Virginia, by becoming a co-borrower on the mortgage loan. A top housing official in the ...

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that she's not in a rush to resume executions after signing legislation allowing the use of nitrogen gas to put inmates to death. Sanders made the comments during a ...

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has begun making one of the controversial personnel changes for government employees that was spelled out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term. He's starting the ...

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press CHIMAYÓ, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring. For generations, people of the ...