Month: October 2021

By SAMYA KULLAB, MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and FELIPE DANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have their…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Every week or so, tens of thousands of New Zealanders play a lottery in their…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An executive who lied to regulators about two South Carolina nuclear plants that never…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge will allow attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a Waffle House in Tennessee…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say they have made their largest smuggling bust, seizing goods including endangered species worth an…

By PHILIP MARCELO and DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Transit officials and experts say this summer’s storms were the latest…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is forming a task force to study the issue of missing and murdered Native Hawaiian women…

By MATTHEW BROWN, BRIAN MELLEY, and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Video of the ruptured underwater pipeline that…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles…

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine vice president and opposition leader Leni Robredo has…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study suggests the number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The money flowing to cities and states from the American Rescue Plan is so substantial and…

By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say it’s OK to get your COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine at the same time. The…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The former Facebook product manager who has accused the social network giant of threatening…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions have resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge…