Australia’s New South Wales tops 3,000 daily COVID cases
SYDNEY (AP) — New COVID-19 cases in Australia’s most populous state have surged past 3,000 for the first time, adding pressure on Prime Minister…
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American ex-priest in East Timor found guilty of sex abuse
By DAVID dos SANTOS GUSMAO Associated Press OECUSSE, East Timor (AP) — A defrocked American priest accused of sexually abusing orphaned and…
Continue Reading Man to plead guilty in Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed…
Continue Reading Long-serving California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard to retire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long-serving California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard — the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress — will not seek…
Continue Reading Minnesota regulators reaffirm air permit for proposed mine
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State regulators who three years ago issued an air quality permit for a proposed copper-nickel mine in northwestern…
Continue Reading Group seeks to oust prosecutor after Wisconsin parade crash
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor has received a complaint seeking the removal of Milwaukee County’s district attorney because one his…
Continue Reading US to landlords, lenders: heed pro-military housing rules
The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are warning mortgage servicers and landlords to heed rules meant to protect…
Continue Reading Rittenhouse gets standing ovation at conservative conference
PHOENIX (AP) — A month after his acquittal on murder charges, Kyle Rittenhouse was given a standing ovation at a conservative group’s conference…
Continue Reading Chris Noth out at ‘The Equalizer’ amid sex assault claims
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Noth will no longer be part of the CBS series “The Equalizer” in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the…
Continue Reading San Francisco DA, others denounce mayor’s plan for police
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s DA has pushed back on the mayor’s call for increased policing to battle…
Continue Reading Missouri court adds to ban on Biden contractor vaccine rule
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting a COVID-19…
Continue Reading Rep. Scott Perry denies Jan. 6 panel’s request for interview
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania has rebuffed a…
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Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in…
Continue Reading Blanchett, del Toro on the femme fatale of ‘Nightmare Alley’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With a touch of Barbara Stanwyck, a sumptuous Art Deco office and a deadly shade of crimson lipstick,…
Continue Reading Bidens welcome new puppy and cat; Major to stay with friends
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has introduced a new member of the family. It’s a purebred…
Continue Reading 9th candle factory worker dies; Kentucky toy drive a success
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A worker injured in the destruction of a Kentucky candle factory hit by a tornado has died. That brings the total killed in…
Continue Reading Strong quake hits N California; no tsunami or major damage
PETROLIA, Calif. (AP) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck a rural stretch of Northern California’s coast. The U.S. Geological Survey says…
Continue Reading 2021 Notebook: The scandals that took down Andrew Cuomo
By The Associated Press New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo entered 2021 seeing his reputation as a leader in the COVID-19 fight starting to fray. The trouble…
Continue Reading Oregon, among last holdout states, to join opioid agreement
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is on the verge of signing onto a $26 billion settlement with the three largest…
Continue Reading California sues Walmart over disposal of hazardous waste
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prosecutors say retail giant Walmart illegally dumps more 1 million…
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Mexico sees seizures of meth, fentanyl soar since 2019
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican drug cartels are turning to bigger, more productive labs to churn out increasing…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Boosters key to fight omicron, lot still to learn
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writers The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how…
Continue Reading After reprieve, NYC is rattled by a stunning virus spike
By JIM MUSTIAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Just a couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in…
Continue Reading Report details ‘failure’ in handling of 1st Smollett case
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A newly released report finds prosecutors’ handling of the initial case against former…
Continue Reading Pentagon issues rules aimed at stopping rise of extremism
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed…
Continue Reading PepsiCo Foundation to expand U.S. food aid program globally
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer At the start of the pandemic, the need for the food Jaron Barganier’s nonprofit, Be a Champion, provides to kids…
Continue Reading Russian man charged in $82M hacking, insider trading scheme
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say one of five Russian nationals accused of making tens of millions of dollars by…
Continue Reading Guatemalans protest killing of 12 people
SANTA CATARINA IXTAHUACAN, Guatemala (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators laid coffins on a platform to block a highway in Guatemala to protest the…
Continue Reading EPL plays on, urging 16% of players unvaccinated get jabbed
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Premier League clubs have decided against pausing the season despite 10 fixtures being…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jurors deliberating at former Minnesota police officer Kim…
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