Ferry capsizes in Sri Lanka; at least 6 dead
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO (AP) — Police say a ferry has capsized in eastern Sri Lanka, killing at least six people. A police…
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Musician Jon Batiste leads Grammy Award nominations with 11
By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. AP Entertainment Writer Jon Batiste might be the Grammys biggest surprise: The multi-genre performer and recent Oscar winner…
Continue Reading Bus crashes, catches fire in Bulgaria; at least 45 dead
By VESELIN TOSHKOV and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying tourists back to North Macedonia…
Continue Reading President, VP and spouses assist food kitchen for holiday
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a Washington food kitchen prepare…
Continue Reading Oath Keepers, Proud Boys subpoenaed by Jan. 6 House panel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to…
Continue Reading Fed’s Powell will aim to win a high-stakes bet in 2nd term
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gambled last year that his ultra-low rate policies…
Continue Reading Trans Netflix workers drop labor complaint but one resigns
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former Netflix employees who raised concerns about anti-transgender comments on Dave Chappelle’s TV special are dropping…
Continue Reading At least 4 killed in southern China dormitory collapse
BEIJING (AP) — State media report at least four people have died in the partial collapse of a workers’ dormitory in the southern Chinese…
Continue Reading Tom Brady tosses 2 TDs, Buccaneers beat Giants 30-10
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New…
Continue Reading Hong Kong to allow residents of mainland to vote in election
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says authorities will set up polling stations at the border with mainland…
Continue Reading World Cup host Qatar used ex-CIA officer to spy on FIFA
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — World Cup 2022 host Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer…
Continue Reading World Cup host Qatar used ex-CIA officer to spy on FIFA
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — World Cup 2022 host Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer…
Continue Reading Mexican president decrees automatic approval for projects
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has issued a broad decree requiring all federal agencies…
Continue Reading Journalists released after arrest at B.C. pipeline dispute
PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia (AP) — A photojournalist and a documentary filmmaker have been released by a Canadian judge, three days after being…
Continue Reading Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies at age 90
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who crushed pro-democracy…
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Gun makers ask court to dismiss Mexican government lawsuit
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by…
Continue Reading Aurora police union president suspended over diversity email
DENVER (AP) — The president of a police union in the Denver suburb of Aurora has been placed on paid administrative leave by the police department…
Continue Reading Newsom names energy adviser as state’s top utility regulator
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has named his senior adviser on energy policy as the…
Continue Reading Georgia regents: No college name changes over racial history
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The regents of Georgia’s public university system say they won’t rename any of 75 buildings or…
Continue Reading Mexican army draws criticism for taking political position
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s army is drawing criticism for meddling in politics, in a country where the military has long tried to keep out of…
Continue Reading Tennessee man charged in California with kidnapping, assault
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged in Southern California with kidnapping his 3-year-old son and sexually assaulting his…
Continue Reading Far-right personality charged with damaging Hanukkah display
PHOENIX (AP) — Far-right social media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself “Baked Alaska,” has been charged with misdemeanors over…
Continue Reading Florida massacre families to get millions for FBI’s inaction
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The families of most of those killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre will…
Continue Reading Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $31M for ‘House of Cards’ losses
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind “House of…
Continue Reading Feds seek to protect map turtles in 4 Gulf states, Georgia
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government says it is proposing threatened status for the Pearl River map turtle, a species found only in…
Continue Reading US citizen sues after month-long immigration detention
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An American man has filed a lawsuit alleging the U.S. government held him for more than a month in immigration detention even…
Continue Reading Trucker arrested in record-breaking drug seizure at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a trucker from Mexico was arrested after trying to smuggle record-breaking amounts of methamphetamine and…
Continue Reading Ex-OAS ambassador detained in Nicaragua
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s former ambassador to the Organization of American States has been detained by unidentified men outside…
Continue Reading Milwaukee’s ‘Dancing Grannies’ devastated by parade crash
By TIM SULLIVAN, KATHLEEN FOODY and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press In the devastation wrought by an SUV driver plowing into a suburban Milwaukee…
Continue Reading Police tie car used in Young Dolph’s killing to 2nd shooting
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say they have tied a car used in the killing of rapper Young Dolph to a shooting that…
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