COVID-19 reunion: Tearful patients, nurses share memories
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Coronavirus survivors held an emotional reunion at a hospital in Southern California…
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California cops arrest 180 in takedown of violent gang
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have announced the takedown of a Southern California street gang that included 180 arrests and the…
Continue Reading Miami schools chief named next superintendent in Los Angeles
By JOCELYN GECKER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press The Los Angeles Board of Education has chosen the longtime superintendent of Miami-Dade County…
Continue Reading Police: Woman drove into river at Niagara Falls on purpose
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who died when her car went into the icy rapids above Niagara Falls likely drove into the river…
Continue Reading DEA agent gets 12 years for conspiring with Colombian cartel
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A once-standout U.S. narcotics agent who used his badge to build a lavish…
Continue Reading Florida student arrested for threatening to shoot up campus
Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A student at an aeronautical university in Florida was arrested after authorities received tips from…
Continue Reading Court rejects Trump’s efforts to keep records from 1/6 panel
By ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against an effort by former President Donald…
Continue Reading Man who claimed panhandler killed wife convicted of murder
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2018 stabbing of his wife that he blamed on a panhandler. The…
Continue Reading Lawmakers say they will try again to regulate airline fees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers love to hate airline fees, and several congressional Democrats say it’s time to regulate the extra charges for…
Continue Reading NASA’s newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbit
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest X-ray observatory is circling the world after launching from Kennedy…
Continue Reading Brazil to quarantine unvaccinated airline visitors
By DEBORA ALVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil will require international travelers who aren’t vaccinated against the…
Continue Reading Pandemic nurse shortage: Kentucky gov declares an emergency
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has declared an emergency over the state’s chronic…
Continue Reading Judge: Justice must pay $2.5M for environmental violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has lost another costly court ruling over his coal companies’ environmental…
Continue Reading California adopts tough standards for trucks, lawn equipment
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California truck drivers will soon have to worry about pollution tickets along with…
Continue Reading Putin rejects complaints over move to shut top rights group
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has brushed aside complaints about prosecutors’ move to shut down one of the country’s most…
Continue Reading Jill Biden says being first lady is ‘harder than I imagined’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says being first lady is “a little harder” than she imagined it would be.…
Continue Reading Senate passes bill easing way for debt limit increase
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a fast-track plan for raising the debt limit. A key hurdle was cleared…
Continue Reading Sheriff charged with assault while trying to break up fight
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Police say a sheriff has been charged with assault after allegedly hitting a teenage girl while trying to break up a fight…
Continue Reading Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile
By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say fossilized tracks from 120 million years ago show two-legged dinosaurs ran fast.…
Continue Reading North Carolina’s Mark Walker staying in Senate race, for now
By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker says he plans to remain in North…
Continue Reading Sundance Film Fest unveils lineup for hybrid 2022 edition
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby,…
Continue Reading Hogan vetoes congressional map; override votes upcoming
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a redrawn Maryland congressional map. The Republican…
Continue Reading Food banks see more volunteers, but uncertainty looms
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Inside the bustling New York Common Pantry, people hustle to assemble bags of carrots, apples, potatoes and…
Continue Reading Texas jury awards $301B settlement in suit against bar
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has awarded a largely symbolic settlement of more than $301 billion in a lawsuit against a Corpus Christi…
Continue Reading Chile president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera has signed a law permitting same-sex couples to marry and adopt. The ceremony came…
Continue Reading Fire at Tunisian Islamist party HQ leaves 1 dead, 18 injured
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A fire at Tunisia’s largest Islamist party’s headquarters in…
Continue Reading California mom charged in case of kid hitting sports rival
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman faces criminal charges because authorities say she told her basketball…
Continue Reading Travis Scott says he was unaware of deaths until after show
The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott says in an interview that he didn’t know that fans had died at his Astroworld…
Continue Reading How redistricting is killing competition for House seats
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press One casualty of this year’s congressional redistricting process across the country is the swing seat in a…
Continue Reading Metropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ire
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces…
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