Omicron is dominant in wastewater samples in Florida county
Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though there have been no cases of clinical infection, the new omicron variant is now the dominant…
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All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say
By EVENS SANON and PETER SMITH Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were…
Continue Reading Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has returned a lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a federal…
Continue Reading Pressure builds against doctors peddling false virus claims
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Medical regulators are under increasing pressure to act against American doctors who spread COVID-19…
Continue Reading Nigerian lawmakers reject bill seeking gender equality
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian senators have for the third time in five years rejected a bill that sought to…
Continue Reading Judge clears 1955 court record of civil rights pioneer
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge has approved a request to wipe clean the court record of a Black woman who was…
Continue Reading EU drug agency gives advice on use of Pfizer COVID-19 pill
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator has issued advice on the use of Pfizer’s…
Continue Reading ‘We want to give people hope’: Americans aid tornado victims
By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Americans across the country are pitching in to help after last week’s tornadoes ravaged the South and Midwest,…
Continue Reading LeVar Burton joins Scripps National Spelling Bee as host
By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press LeVar Burton has been hired as host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Burton gives the competition a celebrity…
Continue Reading Cyprus sees full tourism sector rebound by 2024
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The government of Cyprus expects tourism to start fully rebounding in 2022 after arrivals this year increased a healthy 175%…
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Tornado-hit factory sued; workers said they couldn’t leave
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of a tornado that leveled a Kentucky candle factory have filed a lawsuit against…
Continue Reading Governing party gets German parliament’s seat order changed
BERLIN (AP) — The seats in Germany’s parliament will have to be rearranged after lawmakers backed the wish of one party in the new coalition…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Anupam Tripathi of ‘Squid Game’
By JUWON PARK AP Entertainment Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Anupam Tripathi said his grandfather sometimes read his palm and told him he’d be…
Continue Reading Army vet, 3-year-old among the dead in widespread twisters
By JAY REEVES and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Details about the fathers and mothers, friends, siblings and children who died during a tornado…
Continue Reading Meals from a box hold a helping of nostalgia, too
By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press Boxed convenience foods aren’t just dinner. For many people born in the latter half of the 20th century,…
Continue Reading Industrial production increases 0.5% in November
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — US industrial production increased 0.5% in November as output at the nation’s…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Icy queen Saweetie ready to win
By MARCELA ISAZA AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bay Area-rapper Saweetie wants to win a Grammy for the West Coast. Nominated for best…
Continue Reading Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final approval to a bill barring all imports from…
Continue Reading Poland registers first omicron case, in visitor from Africa
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first case of the omicron coronavirus variant, detected in a visitor…
Continue Reading YouTube star MrBeast rethinks old notions of philanthropy
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The line of cars started forming at dawn. It was early November in Greenville, North…
Continue Reading Across services, troops face discipline for refusing vaccine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and…
Continue Reading US home construction rebounds a strong 11.8% in November
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — New home construction in the U.S. rebounded 11.8% in November, as strong demand continues…
Continue Reading Prosecutors: Police mishandled banquet hall investigation
MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped the case against one of the suspects in a deadly mass shooting at a Miami-Dade County banquet hall because…
Continue Reading US jobless claims rise but still historically low at 206,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that…
Continue Reading EPA details push to tighten rules for lead in drinking water
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps aimed at reducing lead in…
Continue Reading Ousted McDonald’s CEO returns $105M after misconduct
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook has paid back more than $105 million in equity awards and cash to the…
Continue Reading Baltimore police officer on life support after shooting
BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a Baltimore officer is in critical condition after being ambushed and shot while sitting in a patrol vehicle. The…
Continue Reading Myanmar hands over to India 5 insurgents caught along border
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police in India say Myanmar has handed over five insurgents belonging to an Indian rebel…
Continue Reading Citizenship agency charts new course with fiscal challenges
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the U.S. agency that grants citizenship and visas says it’s in a strong financial…
Continue Reading Germany: 4 men suspected of procuring bomb material arrested
BERLIN (AP) — German police say that four men including suspected right-wing extremists have been arrested as German investigators raided their…
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