Colorado governor slashes trucker’s prison term to 10 years
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a…
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At parole hearing, David Gilbert described radical journey
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Weather Underground radical David Gilbert described his path from nonviolent 1960s…
Continue Reading Scholz to Germans: Let’s all help to defeat COVID in 2022
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging Germans to pull together to defeat the coronavirus in 2022 and…
Continue Reading Judge sides with law enforcement in pipeline protest suit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with local law enforcement in a case brought by Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators alleging…
Continue Reading What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With a guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what…
Continue Reading Defense secretary taking more authority for use of DC Guard
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it’s streamlined the approval process for urgent use of…
Continue Reading Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Hundreds of homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of…
Continue Reading 15 more migrants killed in Mexico crash return to Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The bodies of 15 more migrants killed in a Dec. 9 truck crash in southern Mexico have been returned to Guatemala. The remains…
Continue Reading Navy needs more time to flush Pearl Harbor drinking water
HONOLULU (AP) — Military officials tell Hawaii lawmakers that they need more time to flush jet fuel from their Pearl Harbor water system. Navy…
Continue Reading CDC warns against cruises, regardless of vaccination status
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people not to go on cruises,…
Continue Reading Authorities: Guardians killed Alaska boy after mom’s death
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press Authorities say a 2-year-old Alaska boy has been killed by his guardians months after his father…
Continue Reading Russia labels Pussy Riot member, others as ‘foreign agents’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have designated a member of the Pussy Riot punk group, a satirist and an art collector as “foreign agents” as…
Continue Reading House committee says Trump privilege claim should be tossed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol says the Supreme Court should let stand an appeals court…
Continue Reading Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year
The world’s population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year’s Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That represents an…
Continue Reading Authorities: California man arrested in Iowa had ‘hit list’
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a California man arrested in Iowa had an assault rifle, ammunition and a “hit list” that named…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why are so many flights being canceled?
By TALI ARBEL and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press The forces that have scrambled thousands of flights since Christmas Eve could ease in January, but…
Continue Reading Self-described German soldier in COVID threat video arrested
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a man identifying himself as a German army soldier who recorded a threatening video with demands including the removal of…
Continue Reading Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew wasn’t on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case but her conviction is…
Continue Reading Widow who slayed husband’s killer in Mafia feud dies at 86
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian news media say that the widow of a Naples organized crime boss who was convicted of…
Continue Reading New York jury holds drugmaker Teva liable in opioid crisis
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has held Teva Pharmaceuticals responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis. Jurors…
Continue Reading Israel approves 4th vaccine dose for most vulnerable
By AUDREY HOROWITZ Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) — Israel has approved a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to COVID-19, becoming one…
Continue Reading Virginia AG sues town, alleging discriminatory policing
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says a small town’s police department has operated in a…
Continue Reading Oklahoma court upholds death sentence in 2009 slayings
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state appeals court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of a man on death…
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Do at-home COVID-19 tests detect the omicron variant?
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer At-home COVID-19 tests are able to detect the omicron variant, but U.S. health officials say early data…
Continue Reading Explosion at Baltimore coal terminal; no reported injuries
BALTIMORE (AP) — An explosion at a CSX facility in Baltimore created a loud boom but officials say they have no reports of any injuries. Baltimore…
Continue Reading Arts groups innovate to battle COVID-caused revenue downturn
By GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers The arts industry has been battered during the past 21 months, as organizations furloughed…
Continue Reading Mandy Moore braces for farewell to ‘This Is Us’; music ahead
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When NBC’s “This Is Us” begins its final season, fans won’t be alone in…
Continue Reading Roadside bomb kills 4, wounds 15 in southwestern Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb exploded outside a college in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing four…
Continue Reading Italy welcomes home trafficked antiquities from US museums
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s culture minister has welcomed the return of 201 prized antiquities valued at over 10…
Continue Reading Russia sets another monthly record for virus-linked death
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state statistics agency says that more than 87,500 people with COVID-19 died…
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