Judge limits unpaid leave for unvaccinated workers at US lab
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has limited the ability for now for the nonprofit running Oak Ridge…
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‘Halloween Kills’ carves out $50.4 million at box office
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is…
Continue Reading Poles protest pushbacks of migrants at border with Belarus
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Poland in solidarity with migrants and asylum-seekers at…
Continue Reading 2 migrants dead, 21 missing off Tunisia in shipwreck
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say at least two migrants have died and 21 have disappeared after their boat capsized off the coast in…
Continue Reading Cities seek to loosen rules on spending federal pandemic aid
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Some cities are urging President Joe Biden’s administration to loosen its rules for spending $350 billion of…
Continue Reading Louisiana gators thrive, so farmers’ return quota may drop
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Once-endangered alligators are thriving in the wild, so Louisiana authorities are…
Continue Reading Former US Rep. Dan Benishek of Michigan dies at age 69
DETROIT (AP) — Dan Benishek, a Michigan surgeon who served three terms in Congress, has died at age 69. In a statement, his family says he died…
Continue Reading Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection
HAVEN DALEY ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton has returned to his home in New York to continue recovering from an infection that left him in…
Continue Reading German Greens agree to start formal talks on new government
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Green party has given its blessing to opening formal coalition talks on a new government that would speed up the…
Continue Reading Helicopter crash in southwestern Germany leaves 3 dead
BERLIN (AP) — Police say three people have been killed in the crash of a helicopter in southwestern Germany. The aircraft crash in a forested area…
Continue Reading In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Persistent concerns about the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years are curbing access more than…
Continue Reading Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot…
Continue Reading Japan PM says Fukushima wastewater release can’t be delayed
By MARI YAMAGUCHI The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new prime minister has visited the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and…
Continue Reading Officials in Yemen: Houthi blockade restricts aid, movement
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — U.N. aid workers and Yemeni officials say Houthi rebels have continued their…
Continue Reading Risky business: Some Capitol riot defendants forgo lawyers
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press At least five people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol have chosen to defend…
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Pope decries attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and England
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is decrying recent deadly attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain. Greeting the public in St. Peter’s…
Continue Reading Weather, protest cloud Beijing flame-lighting rehearsal
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Cloudy weather has disrupted the dress rehearsal for the Beijing Winter…
Continue Reading 4 weeks on, no sign Spanish volcano eruption is close to end
MADRID (AP) — Officials say there is no sign that a volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma is coming to an end, four weeks after it…
Continue Reading A funky Flea celebrates his birthday, his school’s founding
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Flea had a funky birthday. So did the music school he co-founded that has become a Los…
Continue Reading France commemorates the 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris
By ARNO PEDRAM and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people, including Algerian protesters and their descendants, are…
Continue Reading Rescuers: Last Jew of Kabul making his way to Israel
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The man known as the last Jew of Kabul could soon be heading to Israel, after agreeing to grant…
Continue Reading Russia sees highest daily new COVID case number
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is reporting its largest daily number of new coronavirus infections, more than 70% up on the…
Continue Reading Father of suspect in UK lawmaker’s slaying is ‘traumatized’
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The father of a man held for the fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker during a meeting with local…
Continue Reading 2 arrested in Athens for protesting Beijing Olympics
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens Sunday morning in…
Continue Reading Gambian Toufah Jallow tells of surviving rape by dictator
By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Toufah Jallow first became popular as Gambia’s scholarship winner in a contest for young…
Continue Reading Shooting in Syria could mark new phase in Israeli campaign
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The death of a former Syrian Druse lawmaker, allegedly by Israeli sniper fire, could mark a new…
Continue Reading Center-right parties lead in Kosovo’s municipal vote
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Center-right opposition parties in Kosovo are leading in municipal elections held Sunday in the small Balkan nation but…
Continue Reading Heavy rains, landslides leave 18 dead in south India
The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 18 people have died a day after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the…
Continue Reading Volunteers in the sky watch over migrant rescues by sea
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press ABOARD THE SEABIRD (AP) — A humanitarian effort seeks to monitor human rights violations and assist in the rescue…
Continue Reading House fire in eastern Pakistan kills 7 family members
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say police are investigating after a fire overnight in eastern Pakistan killed seven family members. The fire…
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