
Dec. 15 storms across north-central US classified as derecho
By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it will renew a request for European Union funds in 2022 to extend a border…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators and a third lawmaker say they have tested positive for COVID-19 after having been vaccinated. U.S. Rep. Jason Crow…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press After 2020 became a year of racial reckoning with the public killing of George Floyd and the protests of injustices against…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó should be recognized…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN KATUMWA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Authorities say at least four people are dead after a protest turned violent in Goma, the…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Myanmar had another rough year in 2021. The government was unseated by the army on Feb. 1, the day Aung San Suu Kyi’s…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Spider-Man: No Way Home” now holds the title for the second-biggest opening weekend ever, behind only…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A bill that would give tax relief to Atlantic City’s casinos is being considered by New…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, seeking…
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press Berlin, OH (AP) — Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape,…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage…
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s governor says he’s tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing cold-like symptoms.. Gov. Larry…
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland and Lithuania have joined Ukraine to urge stronger Western sanctions against Moscow…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has ordered two German diplomats to leave in response to the expulsion of two Russian envoys after a German court’s ruling…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian lawyer says a court in Cairo has sentenced one of the country’s most prominent activists to five years in prison on…
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People in crisis and those trying to help them will have a new three-digit phone…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is speeding to a conclusion. The…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work following a week of isolation…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The government of Belarus says it has summoned a British diplomat in protest after its embassy in London was “attacked” and a…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When he sat down at his parents’ house to write a simple, melodic song for his band Fleet…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer’s treatment months after the drug debuted to widespread criticism for…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. (AP) — When Microsoft urges shareholders to reject an activist investor’s…
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Austria has reported fewer than 2,000 new coronavirus cases as the last few regions in the country reopened restaurants and hotels.…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than a decade ago, Matthew Viragh was a Texan with a dream. He wanted to serve…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office said it has received a manslaughter lawsuit for failure to help in the tragic capsizing last month of…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission has authorized a fifth COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a series of measures to encourage lira-denominated savings, easing…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Economic Forum is again delaying its much-ballyhooed annual meeting of world leaders, business executives and other elites…
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