Year: 2021

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court says it will wait until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a separate Mississippi abortion case before weighing in on a restrictive Georgia abortion law that a lower court blocked. A federal judge ruled last year that the law cannot take effect because

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has accused the United States of hostility and demanded the Biden administration permanently end joint military exercises with South Korea. It also continued its recent streak of weapons tests that are apparently intended to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. North

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old who became unresponsive while being restrained at a Kansas juvenile facility died two days later at a hospital. He was taken into custody by Wichita police on suspicion of three counts of battery on a law enforcement officer. Police took him Friday to the Sedgwick County juvenile

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has struck down Republican-passed Arizona laws that block schools from requiring masks and restrict the power of local governments to impose COVID-19 requirements. The ruling Monday could clear the way for cities and counties to enact mask requirements if it withstands a

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles’ diversity is on display in the emerging race to replace two-term Mayor Eric Garcetti. Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass formally entered the contest Monday and could become the city’s first female and second Black mayor. She joins a growing field that includes