Year: 2021

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — According to a witness and other reports, Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be children, tied them up and slaughtered them. An opposition leader said the civilians were burned alive, as repression of resistance to a de facto coup takes an increasingly brutal turn.

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A gunman has shot and killed a journalist while he was watching TV at a store in a central Philippine city, in a brazen attack in what has long been regarded as one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists. Police and officials said Thursday

By AUDREY McAVOY and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy has commissioned the USS Daniel Inouye, naming its newest ship after the long-serving U.S. senator from Hawaii and decorated World War II veteran. The military restricted attendance at the event due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts and streamed the ceremony

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence visited early-voting New Hampshire, where he delivered a speech railing against President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy, schmoozed with local activists, dropped by holiday parties, shopped at a local bakery and raised money for state Republicans. It’s the kind of

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by country. In January 2020, the World Health Organization designated the coronavirus outbreak a global health crisis “of international concern.” A couple months later, WHO

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Food waste is California’s next target as the state seeks to lower greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. Banana peels, leftover veggies and other food scraps are among organic materials that emit methane as they decay in landfills. California wants to stop that by banning

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has expressed alarm about a “backward slide” of democracy around the globe at a virtual Summit for Democracy. On Thursday, he called on fellow world leaders at the video summit to work with him to bolster democratic institutions as his administration

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying to police has come nearly three years after his report of a horrifying hate crime quickly became part of a polarized political landscape. A jury on Thursday found the former “Empire” actor guilty of staging a 2019 attack downtown

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man for the 1985 shooting death of an Oklahoma City-area schoolteacher. Bigler Stouffer II received a three-drug lethal injection Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The 79-year-old had maintained his innocence in the attack on Linda Reaves and her boyfriend,