Trial delayed for Texas officer who shot Black woman in home
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has delayed the murder trial of a former police officer who is charged with fatally shooting a Black woman…
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Tests show lead in Benton Harbor tap water finally dropping
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — New test results show that the amount of lead in Benton Harbor, Michigan’s drinking water…
Continue Reading US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances
By LAURA UNGAR and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, as…
Continue Reading Holiday rom-com ‘With Love’ follows Latino family for a year
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon’s “With Love” is a holiday-themed TV series that takes a different approach.…
Continue Reading AP source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin are said to be sharply divided over Democrats’ huge…
Continue Reading Muslim org fires leader for working with anti-Muslim group
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired a…
Continue Reading Nations renew talks on ‘killer robots’ as deal hopes narrow
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The countries behind a U.N. agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Adrienne Warren, Broadway baby
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Adrienne Warren had studiously avoided touching a Tony Award her entire stage career. On…
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Child tax credit close to lapsing as December checks go out
By LISA MASCARO and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one of the most far-reaching of all the federal aid programs launched…
Continue Reading Deputies: Woman says she poisoned boyfriend to shut him up
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman told deputies she gave her boyfriend “just enough” poison in his lemonade to shut him up and then…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: ‘Shang-Chi’ star Simu Liu
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Simu Liu tweeted in 2014 asking Marvel for an Asian American superhero, he wasn’t…
Continue Reading EU, ex-Soviet state leaders meet as Russia tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have met with their counterparts from five former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, with an eye toward…
Continue Reading Audi recall: water can enter computer, reducing engine power
DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen’s Audi luxury brand is recalling 289,000 SUVs in the U.S. because water can get into a control computer under the back…
Continue Reading Minnesota delivery driver cited after running over groceries
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a Minnesota grocery delivery driver accused of running over bags of food she had dropped off in a Twin Cities…
Continue Reading 2021 Notebook: Billionaires and the space race
By The Associated Press Captain Kirk finally made it into space this past year. William Shatner was part of the new wave of civilian travelers…
Continue Reading Sewell to be 1st woman, 3rd Black person to lead NYC police
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as…
Continue Reading Businesses: Idaho education politics are hurting state
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Political hostility to public education in the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature is…
Continue Reading Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Housing advocates say evictions are increasing around the country, several months after a federal…
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Rollins tells of threats as she readies for US attorney job
BOSTON (AP) — Rachael Rollins says she has endured racist and threatening messages as she prepares to become Massachusetts’ next U.S.…
Continue Reading German court rejects last appeals over neo-Nazi murder spree
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court has rejected appeals in the case of a neo-Nazi convicted of supporting a group that carried out the…
Continue Reading Discontent with Johnson imperils his future, UK virus rules
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing questions about his future after almost 100…
Continue Reading Strong winds in Midwest whip up dust, blow over semitrailers
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A powerful storm system is blowing through the Great Plains and…
Continue Reading Florida science teacher fired for refusing to wear mask
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A teacher in South Florida has been fired for repeatedly refusing to wear a mask. The school board in…
Continue Reading Modest 0.3% November retail sales bump, optimism still high
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Americans slowed their spending from October to November but still continued to…
Continue Reading UN launches coronavirus vaccination of migrants in Yemen
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says it has launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign for stranded migrants in war-torn Yemen. It says the…
Continue Reading South African court orders ex-president Zuma back to prison
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has ordered that former President Jacob Zuma should go back to…
Continue Reading Former SC gov candidate John Warren launches Bitcoin venture
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster into a GOP…
Continue Reading On a single Kentucky street, the tornado killed 7 children
By CLAIRE GALOFARO and JOHN RABY Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — When a tornado touched down in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the middle…
Continue Reading Poland’s COVID deaths highest since April, new restrictions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has registered the highest rate of COVID-19-related deaths since April amid a continuing high rate of new infections.…
Continue Reading Navalny’s daughter accepts EU rights award on his behalf
BRUSSELS (AP) — The young adult daughter of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny received a standing ovation from European Union…
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