Year: 2021

By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates, including former President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and others. The Campaign Legal Center filed the lawsuit

By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Central and Eastern Europe is seeing spiraling coronavirus cases. Several countries in the regions that have lower vaccination rates than the rest of the continent reported daily record highs on Thursday. Other countries registered the most infections in months. Most countries in Central and Eastern Europe

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s internal watchdog says that a missing $6,000 bottle of Japanese whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remains unaccounted for. It also says the “gift vault” in which presents given to senior U.S. officials are stored was in “a state of

By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese family that lost a brother and son in recent protests against the coup says they will continue to demonstrate against the country’s military leaders. Twenty-year-old Mohammed Abdel Sallam was shot in the chest the same day the military grabbed power, arresting civilian leaders and

By SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The fossil remains of an early hominid child have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers. The team announced the discovery of a partial skull and teeth of a Homo naledi child who died almost 250,000 years

COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former neighbor of a U.S. Postal Service worker has been indicted on a murder charge after he told authorities he thought the mail carrier had poisoned him and his family with cyanide. Fifty-three-year-old Eric Kortz is charged with murder of a U.S. employee and firing a

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor says the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians is recovering well in a New York hospital after being treated for a clogged coronary artery. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew had a stent installed to open up the artery Wednesday at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Mt. Sinai cardiologist Dr. George

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister, after the governing Social Democratic Party elected her as its new leader. As new party leader following Thursday’s vote, Andersson, who is 54, will replace Stefan Lofven, who is also stepping down as Sweden’s prime minister.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has marked the national Unity Day holiday with a trip to Crimea, declaring the region will always be a part of Russia. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 in the wake of the overthrow of Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly president. Western countries regard the annexation as illegitimate. But Putin

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. survey of astronomers puts the search for extraterrestrial life at the top of their to-do list for the next 10 years. The National Academy of Sciences released the survey’s results Thursday. In the report, astronomers stress the need to continue the hunt

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The weekslong process of selecting a jury for the federal sex trafficking trial of financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend has begun. The judge in New York said Thursday in a video played for over 130 prospective jurors that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to