Articles by Associated Press
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Only some Broadway shows enjoy bounce after Tony nominations
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmLast week’s Tony Award nominations made only some box offices on Broadway sing.
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Cartoon contest organizer known for inflammatory rhetoric
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmThe Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that exploded in violence over the weekend in Texas was organized by Pamela Geller, a New Yorker who rails against Islam with such ferocity that one of the nation’s top civil rights groups lists her in its “extremist files.”
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Arizona Regents approve university tuition hikes
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmMost students attending Arizona public universities will see
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Collin Binkley joining AP as reporter in Boston
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmCollin Binkley, an award-winning reporter who has been recognized for his aggressive use of public records to hold institutions accountable, is joining the Boston bureau of The Associated Press.
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Rio environmental official takes dip in polluted bay
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmA Brazilian state environmental secretary has plunged into the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay as part of a televised stunt meant to assuage worries about health risks faced by sailors competing in the 2016 Olympics.
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North America’s tallest peak opens for climbers
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmHundreds of climbers are expected to attempt to summit North America’s tallest peak this season, which has begun.
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Police look into video that ACLU calls racial profiling
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmA video taken by a Colorado Springs man during a March traffic stop has gotten more than 30,000 views on YouTube and has become the subject of a Colorado Springs Police Department investigation.
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Supreme Court will hear appeal over energy regulation
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 8:05 pmThe Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a dispute over a regulation that offers financial incentives to factories, retailers and other large electricity users to reduce their power consumption.
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Orange-haired shooter turned heads at Colorado gun range
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmA man with fiery orange hair was such an odd sight when he showed up at a gun range in the summer of 2012 that two volunteer supervisors went to talk to him, one of the volunteers testified Monday at the trial of Colorado theater gunman James Holmes.
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Ferguson to pay attorney $1,335 an hour to pursue reforms
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmFerguson is paying an attorney $1,335 an hour to help the St. Louis suburb negotiate and possibly litigate reforms pressed by the Justice Department since Michael Brown’s shooting death by a police officer there last summer, according to a newspaper report.
