US home births increased in pandemic but are still uncommon
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades,…
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Arizona voters reject effort to enact stricter voter ID law
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters who overwhelmingly cast their ballots by mail have rejected a measure that would…
Continue ReadingUS and Russia clash over responsibility for missile strike
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over…
Continue ReadingNovak Djokovic has visa to play Australian Open in January
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government confirmed on Thursday that Novak Djokovic had been granted a…
Continue ReadingTess Gunty, Imani Perry among National Book Awards winners
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch,” a sweeping debut novel set in a low-income housing…
Continue ReadingMyanmar releasing 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-controlled government says it is releasing and deporting an Australian…
Continue ReadingLeno has surgery for burns from car fire, in good condition
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno underwent surgery for serious burns suffered when flames erupted as he worked on a…
Continue Reading4 children killed, 2 others injured in Iowa house fire
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A house fire left four children dead and two people injured in northern Iowa. Mason City firefighters were called to the…
Continue ReadingAsia-Pacific leaders seek unity on war, economic ills, virus
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Pacific Rim leaders are seeking common ground on the war in…
Continue ReadingAllen: Alabama to leave voter registration partnership
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will withdraw from a 32-state voter registration database, the incoming secretary…
Continue ReadingNew cemetery chapel honors victims of synagogue attack
By PETER SMITH Associated Press SHALER, Pa. (AP) — Until recently it was a garage with a dirt floor. But what had been an outbuilding for the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires missile after threatening ‘fiercer’ step
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters…
Continue ReadingUS House win by ex-combat pilot cements Republican control
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot, scored a U.S. House win in a…
Continue ReadingFacebook still banning Trump — for now — despite campaign
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Donald Trump’s suspension from Facebook and Instagram will stand for now despite his candidacy for president.…
Continue ReadingJapan racks up trade deficit as exports, imports hit records
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked a trade deficit for the 15th month in a row in October as both imports and exports…
Continue ReadingArizona county leaders end hand-count lawsuit, cite recount
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Two Republicans who control the board in a rural southeastern Arizona county on Wednesday told a…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s APEC envoy at the center of processor chip tension
By JOHNSON LAI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s envoy to APEC is the 91-year-old billionaire founder of a…
Continue ReadingWhy AP has called control of the US House for Republicans
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Republicans have won control of the U.S. House. A call by The Associated Press on Wednesday for Republican Mike…
Continue ReadingLawsuit accuses largest US meat producers of wage fixing
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A class-action federal lawsuit is accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork…
Continue ReadingIdaho police: No suspect in slaying of 4 college students
By REBECCA BOONE and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in the college town of Moscow, Idaho, say they have not…
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