By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has extended the use of facemasks and mandatory remote work in an attempt to contain a new surge of COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Wednesday that facemasks would be mandatory in crowded places for those 10 and older and that remote work, where
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has extended the use of facemasks and mandatory remote work in an attempt to contain a new surge of COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Wednesday that facemasks would be mandatory in crowded places for those 10 and older and that remote work, where
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Congressman Larry Hopkins has died. He was 88. Hopkins served as a state lawmaker before representing central Kentucky in Congress for more than a decade. He was elected to Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District in 1978 and served until 1993. He was the Republican nominee for governor in 1991, but
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago mayor has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking a cash bribe from a representative of a red-light camera company and has resigned from office. Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta is the latest public official to be caught up in a corruption investigation involving the company. According to his plea
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders are pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. The House is expected to vote later this week and the Senate is vowing to follow by Christmas. The Democratic leaders outlined the schedule Tuesday in hopes of boosting the party’s standing and
Continue ReadingGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A law enforcement task force has conducted searches of four western Colorado locations, including the home of an elections clerk, amid an ongoing investigation into allegations that the clerk was involved in a security breach of elections equipment this year. Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein tells Colorado Politics that
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Steve Bannon is pleading not guilty to the criminal contempt of Congress charges against him, according to a notice filed in federal court on Wednesday. The notice came in advance of a hearing set for Thursday morning — scheduled to be Bannon’s first appearance before US District Judge
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Several student demonstrators and adult counter-protesters clashed outside Grants Pass High School during a student-led walkout against the reinstatement of two educators who expressed public support for educational policies that favor a student’s biological sex over their gender identity. Students left class Tuesday to protest a Nov. 9 school board
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Several student demonstrators and adult counter-protesters clashed outside Grants Pass High School during a student-led walkout against the reinstatement of two educators who expressed public support for educational policies that favor a student’s biological sex over their gender identity. Students left class Tuesday to protest a Nov. 9 school board
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Several student demonstrators and adult counter-protesters clashed outside Grants Pass High School during a student-led walkout against the reinstatement of two educators who expressed public support for educational policies that favor a student’s biological sex over their gender identity. Students left class Tuesday to protest a Nov. 9 school board
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than two weeks since the Supreme Court’s extraordinarily rushed arguments over Texas’ unique abortion law, and still no word from the justices. They raised expectations of quick action by putting the case on a rarely-used fast track. The court’s silence means that women in
Continue ReadingFAIRVIEW, Ore. (AP) — A middle school in Oregon will return to online learning this week, but not because of COVID-19. Reynolds Middle School in Fairview, Oregon, says it will cancel in-person learning for three weeks to develop safety protocols to address student fights and other inappropriate behavior. Superintendent Danna Diaz said in an e-mail
Continue ReadingFAIRVIEW, Ore. (AP) — A middle school in Oregon will return to online learning this week, but not because of COVID-19. Reynolds Middle School in Fairview, Oregon, says it will cancel in-person learning for three weeks to develop safety protocols to address student fights and other inappropriate behavior. Superintendent Danna Diaz said in an e-mail
Continue ReadingFAIRVIEW, Ore. (AP) — A middle school in Oregon will return to online learning this week, but not because of COVID-19. Reynolds Middle School in Fairview, Oregon, says it will cancel in-person learning for three weeks to develop safety protocols to address student fights and other inappropriate behavior. Superintendent Danna Diaz said in an e-mail
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — A medida que se acercan las fiestas y muchos en Estados Unidos están colocando sus árboles de Navidad en la casa, la Comisión de Seguridad de Productos del Consumidor de Estados Unidos (CPSC, por sus siglas en inglés) acaba de enviar una advertencia alarmante. La CPSC tomó a Twitter por sorpresa
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, Brynn Gingras, Ray Sanchez and Lauren del Valle, CNN Two men convicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X were exonerated during a court hearing Thursday after a half-century effort to clear their names. New York County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Ellen Biben granted the motion to vacate the convictions of Muhammad
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is demanding the release of two U.N. staffers detained earlier this month by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that officials were given assurances by senior Houthi officials last week that the two men, both Yemenis, would be released, but they have not been freed.
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS and JAY REEVES Associated Press BRUNSWICK. Ga. (AP) — Race was always going to be at the forefront of the trial of three white men in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. But a call by one defense attorney to kick two prominent Black pastors out of the courtroom added fresh agony
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. Catholic bishops have overwhelmingly approved a document on Communion that stops short of calling for withholding the sacrament from politicians who support abortion rights, such as President Joe Biden. The measure does offer plenty of tacit justification for individual bishops to consider withholding Communion in such
Continue ReadingCNN By Niamh Kennedy and Rob Picheta, CNN Ireland will impose a midnight curfew on bars, restaurants and nightclubs from Thursday, its prime minister Micheál Martin has announced, as the country tackles a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases. Martin said the country’s rise in infections is “a cause of deep concern” as he unveiled a
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