New Zealand to start reopening borders to world from January
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will reopen its borders to the world over the coming months, allowing for…
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South Korea sets pandemic high with 4,000 new virus cases
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New coronavirus infections in South Korea have exceeded 4,000 in a day for the first…
Continue Reading Saints’ Lattimore pleads guilty to misdemeanor gun charge
CLEVELAND (AP) — New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge in Cleveland. Police there say…
Continue Reading The Base, Hezbollah get terrorist designation in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia intends to add far-right extremist group The Base and the entirety of the…
Continue Reading Florida man charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say a Florida man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group has been arrested on charges related to…
Continue Reading Story about dog ‘selling’ mansion part of long-running tale
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The recent story that a German shepherd is selling a Miami mansion once owned by…
Continue Reading Victims killed in northwest Nebraska plane crash identified
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified three people killed in a northwest Nebraska plane crash. The Star-Herald reports the local coroner…
Continue Reading DEP commissioner suspends permit for $1B transmission line
By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s environmental commissioner is suspending a permit for a…
Continue Reading Nicaragua drops visa requirements for Cubans
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government has dropped visa requirements for Cuban citizens, a move that may spark an increase in Cubans…
Continue Reading Joanne Shenandoah, celebrated Native American singer, dies
The Associated Press The celebrated Native American singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah has died. She was 63. The Native American Music Awards &…
Continue Reading It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — When tennis star Peng Shuai disappeared from public view this month after accusing a senior…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes denies deception at her criminal trial
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, a former billionaire accused of…
Continue Reading Wife of ex-officer: Police chief blocked protective order
BALTIMORE (AP) — Published reports say the estranged wife of a former Baltimore County police officer who killed himself, an accomplice and his two…
Continue Reading Embattled Kansas City police chief says he’ll retire in 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The embattled Kansas City police chief has announced that he is retiring just four days after a white officer on the force…
Continue Reading Helen Mirren makes regal bow as Harry Potter quiz show host
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Award-winning actor Helen Mirren somehow missed out on starring in the Harry Potter film…
Continue Reading Group finds site linked to tribes seeking return of remains
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal advisory committee found evidence to culturally link remains and funerary…
Continue Reading Five million viewers see Carlson’s Rittenhouse chat
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just over 5 million viewers tuned in to see Fox opinion host Tucker Carlson talk to Kyle…
Continue Reading Juul to pay $14.5 million to settle Arizona vaping lawsuit
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay Arizona $14.5 million and won’t market to young people…
Continue Reading $4M grant helps preserve lesser-known Civil War battlefield
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The National Park Service says it has awarded the largest single grant in the history of its American Battlefield…
Continue Reading T-Mobile to pay $20M after outage led to failed 911 calls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wireless carrier T-Mobile is paying $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour…
Continue Reading Gov. Pritzker signs new Illinois congressional map into law
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic governor of Illinois has signed the state’s new congressional district map into…
Continue Reading Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick named in sex abuse lawsuit
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is facing another sexual abuse lawsuit, from a man who claims McCarrick abused…
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Child is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press An 8-year-old boy is the sixth person to die as a result of a man driving his SUV into a suburban Milwaukee Christmas…
Continue Reading Got the wrong goat: West Point cadets try to nab Navy mascot
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — West Point cadets attempting to nab the U.S. Naval Academy’s mascot ahead of the annual Army-Navy football game ended up…
Continue Reading Virginia school system returns books it pulled after outcry
FAIRAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia school system says it is returning two books to library shelves, two months after they were pulled for a…
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Officials: Brian Laundrie fatally shot himself in the head
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Officials say Brian Laundrie, who was found dead last month in a Florida swamp, shot himself in the…
Continue Reading Timeline extended for resettling Afghan refugees in Indiana
By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America EDINBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Federal officials are pushing back their timeline to resettle roughly…
Continue Reading 2 Iowa teens charged with teacher’s murder seek lower bond
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two southeast Iowa teenagers charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit…
Continue Reading Biden aims to do what presidents often can’t: Beat inflation
By PAUL WISEMAN, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — LBJ tried jawboning. Richard Nixon issued a…
Continue Reading Samsung says it will build $17B chip factory in Texas
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Samsung said it plans to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Texas amid a global shortage of…
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