COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As 2021 comes to a close, many people in richer parts of the globe are fretting over the…
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More Tiananmen massacre memorials removed in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — Universities in Hong Kong are removing memorials to the bloody suppression of the 1989 Chinese pro-democracy movement centered on…
Continue Reading In UAE desert, camels compete for crowns in beauty pageant
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press LIWA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tens of thousands of camels from across the region have descended on the desert…
Continue Reading Myanmar army airstrikes send hundreds fleeing into Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from Myanmar say the military has unleashed airstrikes and heavy artillery on a small town controlled by ethnic guerrillas,…
Continue Reading Search to resume for 1887 time capsule under Lee monument
By BEN FINLEY and STEVE HELBER Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The spot in Richmond, Virginia, where a towering statue of Confederate Gen.…
Continue Reading Massive ferry fire kills at least 39 in southern Bangladesh
By ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officials say a massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in Bangladesh,…
Continue Reading Stocks mixed across global markets in quiet holiday trading
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mixed in quiet trading on Friday, with many markets closed or ending early in…
Continue Reading Western storms bring flood threats, snow for Christmas
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forecasters say winter storms that have killed at least two people will bring flooding…
Continue Reading Coroner IDs girl killed by police in Los Angeles shooting
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coroner’s office has identified the 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Los…
Continue Reading $2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Native American tribes are awaiting a one-time windfall that could help…
Continue Reading Yes, there is a Santa Claus. And no, COVID-19 won’t stop him
By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Rest assured, kids of all ages: Santa’s coming this Christmas Eve, and…
Continue Reading Japan won’t send government delegation to Beijing Olympics
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it won’t send a delegation of ministers to represent the government at the Beijing…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What will judge weigh in sentencing Kim Potter?
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser…
Continue Reading DA to ask judge to reduce trucker’s 110-year term for crash
DENVER (AP) — The district attorney’s office that prosecuted a trucker who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for an explosive crash that…
Continue Reading Rangers trek through snow to find hiker on Hawaii mountain
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Rescuers trekked through heavy snow and sleet to find a hiker lost in one of the most…
Continue Reading 4 people injured after shooting at Chicago-area mall
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a shooting occurred at a mall full of Christmas shoppers in suburban Chicago, injuring four people. The incident…
Continue Reading SKorea ex-President Park, jailed for corruption, is pardoned
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he will pardon his chief conservative rival and…
Continue Reading Baltimore officer dies days after being shot in patrol car
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has died after being removed from life support one week after she was shot while sitting in her patrol…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
Continue Reading Prosecutors: Big bond needed for parents in school shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors in Michigan are striking back against the parents of a boy charged with a school shooting…
Continue Reading White House nixes work requirement in Georgia Medicaid plan
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Biden administration has rejected Georgia’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage on the…
Continue Reading A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for a Taser was led away in handcuffs Thursday after a…
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US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials are loosening rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10…
Continue Reading Georgia election workers file second suit over fraud claims
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers are suing a right-wing cable news channel and former New York City…
Continue Reading Forecasters: New Mexico should brace for worsening drought
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s going to get…
Continue Reading Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to block imports from China’s…
Continue Reading LA police kill teen girl while firing shots at male suspect
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store…
Continue Reading Official: Utah man, Tucson girl die in Arizona plane crash
SHOW LOW, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Utah man and a Tucson girl were killed when a single-engine plane crashed near the airport of the…
Continue Reading Texas board withdraws pardon recommendation for George Floyd
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas board has withdrawn a unanimous pardon recommendation for George Floyd over a 2004…
Continue Reading 2 dead in submerged car as California storm worries spread
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities rescued one driver early Thursday but were unable to save two more from a submerged car in a flooded underpass south…
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