Japanese prime minister’s aide leaving over LGBTQ remarks
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A senior aide to Japan’s prime minister is being dismissed after making discriminatory remarks…
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New California oil well ban put on hold for voters to decide
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s new law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on hold…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; retired…
Continue ReadingBolsonaro ponders election defeat, as crowd chants ‘fraud’
By TERRY SPENCER, ELEONORE HUGHES and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Only a few weeks after his supporters stormed the seat of his…
Continue ReadingSkull found in ’97 in remote Alaska belongs to New York man
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities say a skull found in a remote part of the state’s Interior in 1997…
Continue ReadingMan rescued by Coast Guard wanted in ‘Goonies’ fish incident
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man who was saved by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer at the mouth of the Columbia River as a massive…
Continue ReadingFlorida lawmakers to meet next week on Disney, immigration
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers will meet next week to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney…
Continue ReadingCalifornia won’t require COVID vaccine to attend schools
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Children in California won’t have to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools,…
Continue ReadingUS tells owners to park old Hondas until air bags are fixed
DETROIT (AP) — Honda and the U.S. government are urging owners of about 8,200 older vehicles not to drive them until dangerous air bag inflators…
Continue ReadingEx-prosecutor’s new book details fight over indicting Trump
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the Manhattan district attorney’s office again ramps up its yearslong investigation of…
Continue ReadingGiant panda Le Le dies after 20 years at Memphis Zoo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Giant panda Le Le has died, the Memphis Zoo announced Friday. The panda, born July 18, 1998, died Wednesday, zoo spokesperson…
Continue ReadingJury: Musk didn’t defraud investors with 2018 Tesla tweets
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISO (AP) — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t defraud investors with his 2018 tweets…
Continue ReadingOfficers kill man in S. Carolina after he stabs police dog
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Officers in South Carolina have shot and killed a man who stabbed a police dog during a raid on a home. Investigators say…
Continue ReadingUS board clears path for mini-union vote at big Nissan plant
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The federal labor board has decided that fewer than 100 employees out of thousands at…
Continue ReadingLauded rebel fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies at age 88
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide but who made his name with…
Continue ReadingHusband and wife get decade in prison for terror support
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A husband-wife militant duo will spend about a decade in prison after each of them pleaded…
Continue ReadingChinese balloon high over US stirs unease down below
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed…
Continue ReadingMenacing charge against Bengals’ Joe Mixon is dismissed
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon no longer faces a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing over allegations that he…
Continue ReadingBiden, Cabinet visiting 20 states after State of the Union
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his Cabinet will embark on a post-State of the Union…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
By MARCOS ALEMÁN and SALVADOR MELÉNDEZ Associated Press TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with…
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