FDA pick Califf parries questions at confirmation hearing
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug…
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Dutch extend COVID lockdown; school holidays to start early
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has ordered elementary schools to close a week early for…
Continue Reading Boston Starbucks workers seek to unionize after Buffalo vote
BOSTON (AP) — Starbucks workers at two locations in Boston are looking to unionize, days after the first successful union vote at a Starbucks in…
Continue Reading Biden: Nation owes school shooting victims more than prayers
By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the nation owes the families of those killed at…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: Elf On Shelf Co-CEO Christa Pitts
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer It all began with an elf named Fisbee. In the 1970s, when her three children were growing up, Carol Aebersold…
Continue Reading Kentucky governor’s family ties run deep in storm-hit area
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — In the desperate hours after the massive storm struck his state, Gov. Andy Beshear…
Continue Reading Boat capsizing in Channel: 26 dead migrants identified
PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says 26 migrants have been formally identified in the tragic capsizing last month of a boat in the English…
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Court won’t allow reversal of Trump remain-in-Mexico policy
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s attempt to undo…
Continue Reading Black juror: Smollett’s reaction to noose makes no sense
CHICAGO (AP) — The lone Black juror on the panel that convicted Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago police about what authorities say was a staged…
Continue Reading Pete Maravich’s LSU letterman jacket fetches nearly $117K
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 50 years after his record-setting basketball career at LSU, “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s college letterman…
Continue Reading Nigeria to reject vaccine donations with short shelf lives
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have announced that the West African country will no longer accept…
Continue Reading Treasury awards $8.7B for lending in minority communities
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department will release $8.7 billion to help increase lending to small and minority-owned businesses and to people…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: ‘Snowfall’ star Damson Idris
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damson Idris transformed from his real life British-speaking Nigerian persona…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Rachel Zegler’s baptism by fire
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nothing can really prepare a person to go from New Jersey high school student to the lead in a Steven Spielberg…
Continue Reading The AP names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2021
By The Associated Press If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly and timidly. But that doesn’t…
Continue Reading Iraqi singer’s music still brings split society together
By SAMYA KULLAB and SALAR SALIM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi singer Sajida Obeid is a unifying figure in Iraq’s fractured society.…
Continue Reading Canada cops ask for help to ID suspect in billionaire murder
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in the murders of Canadian…
Continue Reading Putin discusses Ukraine tensions with Macron, Niinistö
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken on the phone with his French and Finnish counterparts…
Continue Reading Landlord accused of demanding sex from tenants to pay $4.5M
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants has agreed to pay more than $4…
Continue Reading Tornado victims include granddad who ‘stole the show’
By DYLAN LOVAN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press A grandfather who “stole the show” anytime he was around his grandchildren was among dozens of…
Continue Reading ‘Zola,’ A24 lead indie spirit award nominations
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Janicza Bravo’s wild road trip saga “Zola” scored a leading seven Film Independent Spirit Award nominations,…
Continue Reading Election probe into pro-Trump attorney’s residency dismissed
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An investigation has found that a high-profile lawyer who falsely insisted that former President…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: UN nuke chief says view of Iran blurred
By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned…
Continue Reading Mormon women’s influence expands despite priesthood ban
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not…
Continue Reading Albania arrests ex-minister on corruption charges
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A former Albanian environment minister has been arrested on abuse of post and corruption…
Continue Reading EU plan for sweeping update of Big Tech rules gains momentum
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s ambitious plan to update its pioneering internet rules has gained momentum.…
Continue Reading Event featuring teachers crawling for cash prompts apology
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior…
Continue Reading Explosion near Colombia airport kills two policemen
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian police are investigating two explosions that occurred on Tuesday in the border city of Cucuta and killed two…
Continue Reading European court urges Russia to tackle domestic violence
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top European human rights court has issued a ruling urging Russia to introduce measures…
Continue Reading EU’s top court boosts the rights of same-sex parents
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A ruling by the European Union’s top court has boosted the rights of same-sex parents and their…
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