Year: 2021

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Nicholas has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in Texas. The hurricane had top sustained winds of 75 mph and was located about 45 miles southwest of Freeport, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says

By KAREN MATTHEWS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Classroom doors are swinging open for about a million New York City public school students in the nation’s largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The start of the school year Monday coincides with several other milestones in the city’s

BEIJING (AP) — Flights and trains are being canceled in the Chinese city of Shanghai as Typhoon Chanthu approaches. Local media say all flights are being suspended from Shanghai’s two airports. Some subway lines also have shut down, while classes and many offices and shops are closed for the day. Chanthu drenched Taiwan with up

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip while Palestinian militants launched rockets into Israel in the third consecutive night of fighting between the sides. The violence early Monday took place shortly before Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett, was heading to Egypt. The visit

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty-six candidates are on the ballot to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Tuesday’s recall election. But it won’t matter who comes in first unless a majority votes to remove Newsom. That’s why The Associated Press will only declare a winner among the 46 if the vote

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged voters to defeat a looming recall that could remove him from office. Meanwhile, leading Republican Larry Elder broadly criticized the media for what he described as

By LISA MASCARO and MARCY GORDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have unveiled a sweeping proposal for tax hikes on big corporations and the wealthy to fund President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan. Congress is speeding ahead to shape the far-reaching package that touches almost all aspects of domestic life. The proposed

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press MATHER, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is using his first Western swing since taking office to hold out the wildfires burning across the region as an argument for his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plans, He is calling year-round fires and other extreme weather a climate change reality

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California recall is the first major election since Joe Biden became president, and its results may hint at the political trajectory of the country. Voters will have to decide whether to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in Tuesday’s recall election, and if so, who should replace him. In a state

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of former President Donald Trump are calling those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol “political prisoners.” Such rhetoric ahead of a rally planned for Saturday at the Capitol is the latest attempt to explain away what played out for all the

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Other countries have lured doctors out of retirement, pushed medical students to the frontlines and buoyed exhausted medical personnel as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. In Nicaragua doctors have been harassed, threatened and in some cases forced into exile for speaking out. The pandemic is political there.

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for civil rights and hate crimes. Emily Claire Hari, who was charged, tried and convicted