Seminole Tribe suspends Florida online sports betting app
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The Seminole Tribe of Florida has shut down its online sports betting app after being dealt its latest legal defeat in a…
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Chile reports first case of omicron variant of coronavirus
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile has reported its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Authorities said Saturday that a foreign…
Continue Reading UK tightens travel testing rules amid omicron concerns
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has tightened travel restrictions amid concerns about the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant. It said…
Continue Reading Trump media partner says it has lined up $1B in capital
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has…
Continue Reading More omicron detected as hospitals strain under delta surge
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York has announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, bringing to eight the number…
Continue Reading Police get complaints over U.K. leader’s festive parties
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party has raised complaints to police about Christmas parties held by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s…
Continue Reading Hawaii mountains to see snow after rare blizzard warning
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for mountains on Hawaii’s Big Island, saying wind gusts of above 100…
Continue Reading Lenny Kravitz wows at private party during Miami Art week
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz gave a private performance for a star-studded crowd that…
Continue Reading Anti-lockdown protesters march through Dutch city of Utrecht
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of people have marched peacefully through the Dutch city of Utrecht to…
Continue Reading Man accused of trying to intimidate judge in Potter trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man has been charged with trying to intimidate the judge presiding over the manslaughter trial of the former…
Continue Reading Biden, Putin set video call Tuesday as Ukraine tensions grow
By DASHA LITVINOVA, AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin plan to speak in a video…
Continue Reading Police kill Palestinian attacker after Jerusalem stabbing
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police killed a Palestinian after he stabbed and wounded an ultra-Orthodox Jew near…
Continue Reading Alabama inmate who survived execution bid buried with family
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate who survived an execution attempt and died years later of natural causes…
Continue Reading Rio de Janeiro cancels NYE party due to omicron fears
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro has canceled its New Year’s Eve party due to renewed COVID-19 fears. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced the…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weather
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Winter has started out weird in the United States. It’s been flip flop weather in much of the country with…
Continue Reading Protesting Orthodox priest heckles Pope on Greece visit
By ILIANA MIER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis was heckled by an elderly priest as he arrived for a meeting in Athens with the…
Continue Reading US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the country. That has led to…
Continue Reading 21 die when bus heading to wedding swept into river in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police say at least 21 people died after a bus carrying choir members to a wedding plunged into a river in Kenya on Saturday.…
Continue Reading Protesters block roads in Serbia to criticize mining plans
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in Belgrade and other Serbian towns and villages…
Continue Reading 5 bodies found in house just outside Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say five bodies with gunshot and stabbing wounds have been found Saturday in a house just outside Berlin. The…
Continue Reading At least 30 civilians reported killed in Mali truck attack
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A local official in central Mali says gunmen attacked a truck carrying civilians in central…
Continue Reading 2nd Stacey Abrams governor bid sees new tests, intrigues
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams’ 2022 Democratic campaign for Georgia governor is likely to be different than her…
Continue Reading New Orleans: Push to rename Lee boulevard after Toussaint
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans city council member is pushing to change a street currently named after Confederate Gen. Robert…
Continue Reading Scenes from Week 1 of Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-abuse trial
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers…
Continue Reading Penobscots don’t want ancestors’ scalping to be whitewashed
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Most Americans know about atrocities endured by Native Americans after the arrival of…
Continue Reading France to work with Saudis to resolve crisis with Lebanon
By AYA BATRAWY and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a…
Continue Reading Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption
By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most…
Continue Reading Sudan group condemns UN’s call to support reinstated PM
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese pro-democracy group has condemned comments by the U.N. chief urging citizens to support a…
Continue Reading France’s Republicans pick a woman as presidential candidate
PARIS (AP) — Valérie Pécresse, the head the Paris region and a former conservative minister, has been chosen to run in France’s presidential…
Continue Reading Italian dentist presents fake arm for vaccine to get pass
MILAN (AP) — A dentist in Italy faces possible criminal charges after trying to receive a coronavirus vaccine in a fake arm made of silicone. A…
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