Year: 2021

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Associated Press The film industry and its unions provide guidelines on how to deal safely with prop guns on movie sets. But in some states where movie-making is big business, lawmakers and regulators rely on those suggested practices rather than regulate on-set firearm use. The

HELSINKI (AP) — Norway’s domestic intelligence agency says that such deadly attacks as the one in the small town of Kongsberg earlier this month are highly difficult to anticipate and prevent and are likely to happen again in such an open and democratic society such as Norway. The counterterror chief at domestic intelligence agency PST

By DAVID SHARP, MIKE CATALINI and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — Some American workers are deciding to quit their jobs in defiance of what they consider intrusive vaccine mandates. Many cities, states and businesses report that more than 9 out of 10 of their workers are complying with mandates. But thousands have

SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — Spain’s prime minister says that his government will speed up already promised aid to help the thousands of residents on La Palma island whose homes and livelihoods have been destroyed by a protracted volcanic eruption. On his fifth visit since the Atlantic island was shaken by

GUILFORD, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has erected a historical marker recognizing Lucy Terry Prince, who wrote what is thought to be the oldest known poem by an African American. The marker was unveiled this week at the Interstate 91 welcome center in Guilford. Prince and her husband lived in Guilford the late 1700s. The marker

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Wildlife centers in the U.S. West are caring for animals that weren’t able to flee the flames or are looking for food in burned-over places. The animal care director at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care said an emaciated turkey vulture recently found on the Lake Tahoe shore

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The judge and attorneys trying to seat a jury in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing aren’t finding many jury pool members who are blank slates in the case. Some people who last week were deemed fair-minded enough to serve on the jury still voiced opinions

MILAN (AP) — Police in Sicily say that American actor Harrison Ford was reunited with his lost credit card while on a beach holiday thanks to a German tourist.  Police said Saturday that the tourist found a credit card with Ford’s name emblazoned on it Thursday and turned it in to the local police station

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata. The envoys include the U.S., French and German representatives in Ankara. They had issued a statement earlier this week calling for a resolution to the case of

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Rick gathered force off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and is forecast to hit that coast by Monday as a near-Category 3 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick may be a near-major hurricane with winds as high as 115 miles per hour (185 kph) before hitting land somewhere around

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is set to launch partial COVID-19 passes while Croatia and Slovenia reported high daily rates of infections as countries with low vaccination rates grapple with persisting virus surge. Serbia has seen thousands of news cases daily for weeks now and recorded over 50 deaths each