Year: 2021

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Denver suburb of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after suburban Denver police stopped him on the street and put him in a neck hold two years ago. The

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say one of the most wanted fugitives in the United States apparently died about four months ago in a South Carolina home. Authorities say 70-year-old Frederick Cecil McLean had been on the U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 Most Wanted list since 2006, a year after the San Diego Sheriff’s Department issued

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to ease mask requirements in the nation’s capital has sparked a public debate about timing, with the majority of the D.C. Council pleading with her to reconsider. It’s a localized debate that reflects a broader national dynamic in the country’s virus-mitigation stance —

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Stephen Karam adapts his Tony-winning play “The Humans,” about three generations gathering in a prewar New York apartment for Thanksgiving, into a feature debuting on Showtime and

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned two turkeys at the White House, an annual holiday tradition. In remarks full of jokes, Biden said the turkeys, named Peanut Butter and Jelly, were selected based on their “temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status.” He joked that “instead of getting

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted Friday on 27 additional charges involving financial crimes. Prosecutors say Murdaugh stole nearly $5 million in settlement money he had obtained for his dead housekeeper, an injured state trooper and other people as well as fees meant for his

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Senior officials say Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Joaquim Leite both knew the Amazon region’s annual deforestation rate had surged before the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. But the two kept results quiet to avoid hampering negotiations Three Cabinet ministers as well as a

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro is not on the ballot for the upcoming elections across Venezuela, and the names of winners of gubernatorial and other local races likely won’t be well-known beyond their country’s borders. But the regional elections Sunday could play a pivotal role on whether

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — This week proved to be a good time for musician and actor Ruben Blades to reflect on his remarkable life and career. He was honored Wednesday as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, and took home two Latin Grammys at Thursday’s ceremony. Blades, who