US releases new batch of documents about JFK assassination
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives has made public nearly 1,500 documents related to the U.S. government’s…
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Chicago to pay woman $2.9M over botched police raid
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Council has voted to pay $2.9 million to a woman who was handcuffed by police officers during a February 2019 raid of…
Continue Reading Israel to donate 1 million COVID vaccines to African nations
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government says it is donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program. The Foreign Ministry…
Continue Reading UK COVID cases hit record; Top doctor warns of worse to come
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. recorded the highest number of confirmed new COVID-19 infections Wednesday…
Continue Reading San Francisco to require sick leave for nannies, gardeners
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a…
Continue Reading Health worker vaccine mandate blocked in half the states
By KEVIN McGILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has lifted a nationwide ban against President…
Continue Reading Nursing home worker, sisters among tornado victims
By RUSS BYNUM and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A nursing home worker from Kentucky who had “such a bright…
Continue Reading Mexican woman shot in head by US Border Patrol files claim
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys for a Mexican woman who was shot in the head by a Border Patrol agent and survived have…
Continue Reading Senate sends Biden big defense bill, plans new war memorial
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has sent President Joe Biden a $768.2 billion defense bill that makes…
Continue Reading Freelance journalist accredited to AP detained in Ethiopia
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Associated Press says a freelance video journalist accredited to the AP in Ethiopia has…
Continue Reading Christian officials accuse Israel of holiday discrimination
JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokesman for Christian churches in the Holy Land has accused Israel of discriminating against Christian tourists during the…
Continue Reading Q&A: Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on sharing Leda
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not often that two actors inhabit the same role seamlessly in a movie. But in Maggie…
Continue Reading Sources: Rivian to build $5B electric truck plant in Georgia
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sources briefed on the decision say electric truck maker Rivian Automotive will announce Thursday that…
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Why the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by…
Continue Reading Florida district to pay $26 million to shooting victims
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida school district will pay more than $26 million to the families of 17 people killed in…
Continue Reading Telehealth helps in pandemic, concerns linger: AP-NORC poll
By TOM MURPHY and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most older Americans have had to use telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Continue Reading Met Opera to require booster shots starting mid-January
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is requiring audience and employees to receive COVID-19 booster shots for entry starting Jan. 17. The…
Continue Reading Lebanon to deport outlawed Bahrain opposition party members
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister has ordered the deportation of members of Bahrain’s outlawed Shiite opposition party after they…
Continue Reading Manatee feeding program ready as winter tests survival
BY CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — As winter approaches Florida, state wildlife officials say a test feeding plan will…
Continue Reading bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dies at 69
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — bell hooks, the author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics…
Continue Reading Essence Festival to return to New Orleans in summer 2022
By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Essence Festival is planning its return to New Orleans next summer after a two-year…
Continue Reading Trial delayed for Texas officer who shot Black woman in home
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has delayed the murder trial of a former police officer who is charged with fatally shooting a Black woman…
Continue Reading Tests show lead in Benton Harbor tap water finally dropping
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — New test results show that the amount of lead in Benton Harbor, Michigan’s drinking water…
Continue Reading US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances
By LAURA UNGAR and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, as…
Continue Reading Holiday rom-com ‘With Love’ follows Latino family for a year
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon’s “With Love” is a holiday-themed TV series that takes a different approach.…
Continue Reading AP source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin are said to be sharply divided over Democrats’ huge…
Continue Reading Muslim org fires leader for working with anti-Muslim group
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired a…
Continue Reading Nations renew talks on ‘killer robots’ as deal hopes narrow
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The countries behind a U.N. agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of…
Continue Reading AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Adrienne Warren, Broadway baby
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Adrienne Warren had studiously avoided touching a Tony Award her entire stage career. On…
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Child tax credit close to lapsing as December checks go out
By LISA MASCARO and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one of the most far-reaching of all the federal aid programs launched…
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