Month: August 2021

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — After long months of illness, Uruguay is once again starting to dance. The government last week authorized ballrooms and event halls to open as the country’s COVID-19 death rate has fallen sharply. A few months ago it was among the highest in the world per capita. Seventy percent of Uruguayans have

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Purdue Pharma lawyer says states would get more money from settling with the company than if they were allowed to continue their lawsuits against the OxyContin maker and members of the Sackler family who own it. The warning came Wednesday as part of the final day of a weeks-long

By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee has been recovered and the search for victims has been suspended. The discovery came around mid-day on Wednesday, shortly before the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina’s 19th season will be his last. The 39-year-old St. Louis Cardinals catcher made the announcement a day after signing a one-year contract for the 2022 season. The 10-time All Star and nine-time Gold Glove winner has spent his entire career in the Cardinals organization

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A man pardoned by Kentucky’s former governor for a 2014 drug robbery killing has been convicted for the same slaying in federal court after a two-week trial. Federal prosecutors brought charges against Patrick Baker after he was released from prison when former Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Black Panther” star Letitia Wright is being treated in a hospital after sustaining minor injuries on the Boston set of “Wakanda Forever.” A Marvel spokesperson says in a statement Wednesday that the incident happened while filming a stunt for the sequel and that she is expected to be released

By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV reports that Iran’s hard-liner dominated Parliament has voted to approve most of the ministers proposed by newly elected President Ibrahim Raisi. Lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of 18 out of 19 ministers proposed by Raisi after five days of hearings and discussions. Lawmakers did

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The amount of missing information in the 2020 census was less than feared, though it varied by state, the question asked and the mode in which U.S. residents answered the census form. Census Bureau officials said Wednesday that, overall, the percent of U.S. households that didn’t provide answers about their

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator from Wisconsin who opposed mask and vaccine mandates and then developed pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19 is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator. State Sen. Andre Jacque tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and was hospitalized Aug.

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Nantucket residents have filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction of dozens of wind turbines off the coast of the Massachusetts island resort. ACK Residents Against Turbines say Vineyard Wind’s proposed project 14 miles south of Nantucket poses a risk to the endangered

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say they’ve taken down a criminal racket in which corrupt lawyers and doctors used hundreds of desperate people, including drug addicts and homeless individuals, to feign trip-and-fall accidents to collect damages. They announced charges Wednesday against four individuals, including two lawyers and two doctors. They