AP National News

By DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he’s…

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press TANACROSS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is experiencing one of the nation’s sharpest upticks in…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press DULAC, La. (AP) — Destruction caused by Hurricane Ida has people in south Louisiana debating whether they want to…

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety,…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcome a historic turning point after report…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…

By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience…

By MICHAEL TARM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A use-of-force expert says an Illinois man who shot three people during a…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated President Daniel Ortega has called Roman Catholic bishops “terrorists” and says…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has held his first talks since taking office with…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says foreign tourists won’t be welcomed back until at…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing the FBI and U.S. attorneys to meet with federal,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actor has pleaded guilty to running a massive Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million from investors in phony…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The U.N.’s child protection agency is urging governments to pour more money and resources into…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is thanking attendees of the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent investigator will look into whether Federal Reserve officials broke the…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An Illinois law firm has filed lawsuits against Amtrak and BNSF Railway on behalf of seven…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A New York mother and son have been charged with theft in aiding the disappearance of a…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has become the latest U.S. airline to say that it will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s police oversight office says the abandonment of a precinct by officers during last summer’s racial justice protests…