‘Unite the Right’ trial jurors hear closings in Virginia
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (AP) — Lawyers for nine people hurt during the “Unite The Right” rally in…
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SKorea sees record virus jump as thousands take college exam
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections since the start…
Continue Reading Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
By SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and…
Continue Reading Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
By SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and…
Continue Reading Taiwan deploys advanced F-16V fighter jets amid China threat
By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press CHIAYI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has deployed the most advanced version of the F-16 fighter jet in its…
Continue Reading Texas abortion ban stays in force as justices mull outcome
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than two weeks since the Supreme Court’s extraordinarily rushed arguments…
Continue Reading House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke
By KEVIN FREKING and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for…
Continue Reading Biden praises Canada, Mexico as leaders discuss strains
By AAMER MADHANI, ROB GILLIES, and MARIA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has joined with the leaders of Canada and…
Continue Reading Rittenhouse jury deliberates for third day without a verdict
By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has completed a third day…
Continue Reading Rittenhouse trial arguments worry mental health advocates
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Some of the last words jurors at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial heard before starting deliberations were about…
Continue Reading Oklahoma governor grants clemency, spares Julius Jones’ life
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s governor has spared the life of Julius Jones, just hours before he was…
Continue Reading Migrant camps grow in Mexico amid uncertainty on US policy
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A nighttime operation to erect chain-link fencing and impose a registry may have been the…
Continue Reading Israeli couple is home after weeklong detention in Turkey
By ALON BERNSTEIN Associated Press MODIIN, Israel (AP) — An Israeli couple held by Turkey on suspicion of espionage has returned home after they…
Continue Reading Youngkin: Victory shows winning GOP path on education
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Incoming Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says his victory in a strongly Democratic state showed…
Continue Reading Cuban FM tells AP that fizzled protest effort was US failure
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s top diplomat says the fizzled attempt by young activists to encourage anti-government…
Continue Reading Couple’s $86M award in Monsanto pesticide case stands
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s highest court rejected on Wednesday a challenge by Monsanto Co. to $86.2 million in damages to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How Julius Jones’ execution was stopped
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Julius Jones’ execution has been halted, four hours before he was scheduled to receive a…
Continue Reading China coast guard uses water cannon against Philippine boats
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says Chinese coast guard ships have blocked and sprayed a powerful stream…
Continue Reading Jason Mott, Tiya Miles win National Book Awards
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The winner of this year’s National Book Award for fiction is Jason Mott’s “Hell of a…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Musk: 1st Starship test flight to orbit in January
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in…
Continue Reading EPA sets timeline to weigh next steps related to Pebble Mine
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is extending through May a timeline to decide how or whether to proceed with…
Continue Reading EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned the approval…
Continue Reading UN envoy: Afghanistan on brink of `humanitarian catastrophe’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s special representative for Afghanistan is warning that the country is “on…
Continue Reading Director fired after improper law certificate given to donor
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A report says the director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and…
Continue Reading Phoenix to pay $5M in lawsuit over man’s death during arrest
BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix officials agreed Wednesday to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017…
Continue Reading Search warrants unsealed in probe of billionaire Sanford
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Search warrants have been unsealed in the investigation into South Dakota billionaire…
Continue Reading Florida GOP limits vaccine mandates, flouting White House
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans have approved a sweeping bill to hobble coronavirus vaccine…
Continue Reading Portland among US cities adding funds to police departments
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s largest city have approved of an additional…
Continue Reading Review says Pentagon reacted appropriately to Jan. 6 riot
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent review has concluded that the Defense Department and its top leaders acted…
Continue Reading Tribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed this week includes…
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