
Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine, as Pfizer is approved
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the host of a program for the right-wing website Infowars is in custody after being charged in the Jan. 6 riot at…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say an officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A lawyer for Purdue Pharma says the company’s settlement plan is the only way to avoid long and expensive…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The politically-charged Florida debate over wearing masks in school…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY and SARA CLINE Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon was once the poster child for limiting the spread of the coronavirus,…
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel of North Carolina judges is prepared to allow tens of thousands of residents…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has found that a part of Georgia’s sweeping new election law that broadly…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man charged with taking part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has…
Continue ReadingGUADALUPE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a California police officer accidentally killed a bystander over the weekend while shooting at a suspect.…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Several U.S. senators are questioning the Food and Drug Administration’s work with a consulting firm that helped…
Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A diner at a north Florida restaurant gathered the staff of 10 together to thank them for their hard work before leaving…
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Denver police say a shooting on a street corner in a nightlife district just as bars closed left one man dead and five others…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has imposed new sanctions over Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray conflict. The…
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family says the…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July for the second month in a row, though they only increased…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British judge has ruled that songs by punk trailblazers the Sex Pistols can be used in a forthcoming TV series despite the…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it plans to build a fence along its border with Belarus and…
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched the construction of new nuclear submarines and…
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has given full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer.…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s microblogging platform Sina Weibo has closed 145 accounts, some of which had defended pop star Kris Wu over his rape…
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Search crews with dogs continued the grim work of going door-to-door…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has opened a facility in Tokyo to provide oxygen for up to 130 coronavirus patients with mild…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats have paraded outside Buckingham Palace as the Changing the Guard ceremony…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lag in routine school immunizations is threatening a smooth start to the school year…
Continue ReadingRISHABH R. JAIN and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans living in India are taking to the streets to ramp up…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The messy exit of Western military forces from Afghanistan and the swift takeover of the country by…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A new poll finds that a majority of Americans support mask and vaccine…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An online account describing itself as a group of hackers has shared footage of…
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