Interfaith coalition urges Louis Vuitton to shed fur items
BOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is urging luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its…
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South Korea reports its worst virus surge since pandemic
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New coronavirus infections in South Korea have exceeded 7,000 for the third…
Continue Reading Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new…
Continue Reading Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in…
Continue Reading Stocks end higher, closing out best week since February
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A late wave of buying sent stocks to solid gains on Wall Street Friday, sending the S&P 500 to another record…
Continue Reading Anti-vaccine group targets California’s medical director
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of California’s medical board says a group of anti-vaccine activists stalked her at home and…
Continue Reading Thousands in Oregon face eviction as lawmakers scramble
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, where a long-standing housing crisis has been exacerbated by the…
Continue Reading Biden says hard work ahead to bolster democracies
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has wrapped up his two-day democracy summit, an event that was more about…
Continue Reading State questions Potter’s decisions in Daunte Wright arrest
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors at the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter sought to build a case…
Continue Reading Dole: ‘Genuine hero’ paid war’s price, triumphed in Senate
By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole was honored at a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral as…
Continue Reading Vikings beat Steelers 36-28, deny last-play pass in end zone
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings held on to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-28 by forcing an…
Continue Reading As storms start, US states struggle to hire snowplow drivers
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — This winter, more motorists may find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their…
Continue Reading Jussie Smollett guilty verdict latest in polarizing case
By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying to police has come nearly three years after…
Continue Reading Survivors recall horror of Mexico truck crash that killed 55
By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of the horrific truck crash in Mexico that…
Continue Reading Australian military switches from European to US helicopters
Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s military says it plans to ditch its fleet of European-designed Taipan helicopters and…
Continue Reading UN chief: Climate change aggravates conflict and terrorism
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says climate change is “an aggravating…
Continue Reading Ralph Tavares, eldest brother of R&B quintet Tavares, dies
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ralph Tavares, the eldest of the five brothers in the Grammy-winning R&B singing…
Continue Reading DNA match solves case of California waitress killed in 1996
DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress…
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NYC lawmakers pass bill giving noncitizens right to vote
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Noncitizens in the country’s most populous city are closer to gaining the right to vote in…
Continue Reading Anti-vaccine group targets California’s medical director
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of California’s medical board says a group of anti-vaccine activists stalked her at home and…
Continue Reading Ex-Colorado cop pleads guilty to using Taser on man in 70s
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado police officer has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge for using a Taser on a 75-year-old…
Continue Reading Taiwan loses diplomatic ally Nicaragua to China
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has lost Nicaragua as a diplomatic ally after the Central American country said it…
Continue Reading Biden set to make 1st late-night TV appearance as president
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is getting ready for his first late-night TV appearance since taking office. Biden is set to appear Friday on…
Continue Reading Monsanto to plead guilty to illegal pesticide use in Hawaii
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing…
Continue Reading New indictments: Murdaugh now facing more than 50 charges
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina attorney who wife and son were gunned down six months ago in…
Continue Reading Decision on trial in duck boat tragedy delayed until 2022
GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A judge says he will decide next year whether three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri in 2018 will go to trial.…
Continue Reading Recall effort against Seattle socialist appears to fail
SEATTLE (AP) — A controversial socialist City Councilmember in Seattle appears to have survived a recall vote by a narrow margin. She had faced…
Continue Reading US commander: Al-Qaida numbers in Afghanistan up ‘slightly’
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since…
Continue Reading 53 migrants dead, 54 injured in truck crash in south Mexico
By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say at least 53 people are dead and…
Continue Reading Judge: Texas abortion law’s enforcement mechanism not valid
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled the enforcement scheme behind the nation’s strictest abortion law…
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