COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Schools have welcomed students back to classrooms but face a new challenge: a shortage of…
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Schools have welcomed students back to classrooms but face a new challenge: a shortage of…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press A powerful Libyan east-based commander says he has suspended his role as leader of a self-styled Libyan army,…
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President George W. Bush will headline a fundraiser for top Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A region in southern Poland has revoked an anti-LGBT resolution under the threat of losing European Union funding. The…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America A broken power-sharing deal, the lingering possibility of a Republican walkout and a COVID-19 case…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press A Connecticut high school that recently resumed full in-person learning for the first time since the pandemic hit…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado officials say three assisted living facility workers are being prosecuted in the death of…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man who was punched and kicked in the head by Georgia police officers during a traffic stop four…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is headed home a month after he was hospitalized for a breakthrough…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian authorities say the uncle of an 18-year-old woman who disappeared months ago after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The vast majority of United Airlines employees are deciding to get vaccinated against COVID-19 rather than risk…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for taking part in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is pledging to redouble efforts to combat racism around the…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury has formally charged a Florida man accused of massacring a family…
Continue ReadingJOHANNESBURG (AP) — The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma has been postponed until Oct. 26. The judge says he needs…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told world leaders at the United Nations that humanity has to “grow up”…
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments have begun in the sex trafficking trial of R&B singer R. Kelly. Prosecutor…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Search teams were back out at a Florida nature park to look for the boyfriend of…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has partly blamed “incitement” against the government’s pandemic…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court has ruled that women will be able to take the entrance examination for…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A library devoted to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s writings, scrapbooks and record…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most TV dramas try to tell stories over a few years with maybe half a dozen central…
Continue ReadingRABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s prime minister-designate has announced that a three-party coalition will form the country’s next government.…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that National Public Radio can air audio recordings from…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August and the pace of price growth eased, the latest sign the…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Reusable packaging is about to become more common at groceries and restaurants worldwide. Loop, which collects…
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The wrecked boats, docks and processing equipment left by Hurricane Ida has some wondering what…
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian appeals court has sentenced the country’s former chief prosecutor to two…
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A home health nurse who discovered the bodies of a prominent Minnesota businessman and his wife in a murder-suicide case is…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA, DANICA KIRKA and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Travelers and authorities from India and many African countries…
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