Western Australia sets 90% vaccination target for reopening
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east,…
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US employers shrugged off virus and stepped up hiring
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers boosted their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs,…
Continue Reading Singapore urged not to hang disabled Malaysian in drug case
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore is due to hang a Malaysian man next week for smuggling 1.5 ounces of heroin…
Continue Reading Witness: Kenosha victim was belligerent but no threat
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A witness at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial says the…
Continue Reading NTSB: Boat didn’t heed danger signals before fatal collision
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the captain of a fishing boat that collided with a chemical tanker near…
Continue Reading Alaska corporation sues over Arctic refuge leases
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska state corporation that was the main bidder in an oil and gas lease sale in the…
Continue Reading Floods in Indonesia kill at least 6, mud hampers relief work
By AGUS BASUKI Associated Press KOTA BATU, Indonesia (AP) — Flash floods from torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java have killed…
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2 dead in dramatic shootout near upscale Mexican resorts
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A commando of masked drug gang gunmen stormed ashore at a beach on Mexico’s Caribbean…
Continue Reading Former US congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins dies at 82
DETROIT (AP) — Barbara-Rose Collins, who represented Detroit in Congress and served on its City Council, has died after contracting COVID-19. She…
Continue Reading Arizona won’t stop using COVID money for anti-mask grants
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is defying a demand that he stop using federal coronavirus relief money to…
Continue Reading California nurse charged in death of inmate at county jail
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A nurse at a county jail in California has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after being accused of walking away from a…
Continue Reading Ex-US ambassador to UN Bill Richardson ends Myanmar visit
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson has left Myanmar after finishing a private…
Continue Reading Las Vegas police arrest man sought in deadly store gunfire
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a man sought after opening fire as he entered a convenience store, killing one person in a…
Continue Reading Barn explosion kills 2 owners, neighbor in northeast Texas
SIMMS, Texas (AP) — Investigators are seeking the cause of an explosion and fire that tore through a northeast Texas barn, killing three people.…
Continue Reading California’s PUC OKs boosting storage at infamous gas field
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have voted to increase the capacity of a Los Angeles-area natural gas…
Continue Reading Missouri attorney general reviewing claims against lawmaker
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt is…
Continue Reading Tigray, other groups form alliance against Ethiopia’s leader
By CARA ANNA and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tigray forces have joined with other armed and opposition groups in an…
Continue Reading Traveler with Biden tested positive for virus in Scotland
WASHINGTON (AP) — A person traveling with President Joe Biden to Europe this past week received a positive test result for the coronavirus. The…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Murphy wins after mail ballots extend lead
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was declared the winner in his reelection campaign after…
Continue Reading Teen indicted on murder charge in officer’s fatal shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager with a lengthy arrest record has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of a South…
Continue Reading Migrants pelt Mexico’s National Guard with rocks, 5 injured
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of migrants trying to walk across southern Mexico have pelted officers of…
Continue Reading 2 students charged with homicide in death of Iowa teacher
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Two 16-year-old students are charged in the death of a high school Spanish teacher in southeast Iowa. Jefferson County…
Continue Reading Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of…
Continue Reading Gov. Hogan initially said he would stand by aide on payment
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan initially expressed support in a private message to his former…
Continue Reading Latinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study finds
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term…
Continue Reading Former Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Ruth Ann Minner, the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86.…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty in cocaine plot tied to couple’s abduction
By WILSON RING Associated Press A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he was part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine…
Continue Reading New grand jury seated as Trump criminal probe continues
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald…
Continue Reading Group sues Colorado over law banning Native American mascots
DENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans has sued Colorado for a measure banning American Indian school…
Continue Reading Brazil’s awaited 5G tender yields billions in investment
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is holding its much-anticipated auction for build-out of the nation’s…
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