Biden admin to promote availability of COVID antiviral pill
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his administration want Americans and their doctors to know that the…
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Nebraska governor candidate sues sex assault accuser
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska governor candidate who is backed by former President Donald Trump has filed a…
Continue ReadingCuba and US take tentative step with talks on migration
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cuba and the United States have taken a tentative step toward thawing relations and resuming joint…
Continue ReadingFAA says it failed to tell Capitol Police about plane flight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is acknowledging that it failed to warn Capitol Police about a parachute jump at a nearby…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law new guidelines involving race-based…
Continue ReadingUkraine security chief: Main battles taking place in Donbas
By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s security chief says the main battles in Ukraine are taking place in the…
Continue ReadingArkansas turning down remaining federal rental assistance
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is turning down most of the $146 million in federal pandemic rental assistance…
Continue ReadingPaintings, stone axes repatriated to Peru in LA ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. officials have repatriated 16 cultural items to the Peruvian government, including paintings, historical documents and…
Continue ReadingAfraid to fly with unmasked passengers? Call your airline
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Some airlines say they will consider refunds or credits for passengers who don’t want to fly…
Continue ReadingUS begins phasing out COVID-driven asylum restrictions
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has begun phasing out use of a pandemic-related public health rule…
Continue Reading2nd SC execution on hold after court halts firing squad plan
By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has put another execution on hold, two…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Texas Guardsman missing after border rescue attempt
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border are searching for a Texas National Guard member who they say went missing after…
Continue ReadingActivist won’t face 2nd trial for illegal voting sign-up
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will no longer pursue illegal voter registration charges against a…
Continue ReadingWoman rescued after falling in toilet trying to get phone
QUILCENE, Wash. (AP) — A woman who accidentally dropped her cellphone into the hole of an outhouse in a national forest and fell in while trying to…
Continue ReadingHealed sea turtle released to mark Earth Day in Florida Keys
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A rehabilitated green sea turtle has been released back to the ocean from the Florida Keys to mark Earth Day. Several hundred…
Continue ReadingSuspect found dead after shooting 4, causing panic in DC
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At least four people were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets…
Continue ReadingBoys Scouts bankruptcy judge approves sale of BSA warehouse
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge handling the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the BSA’s request to…
Continue ReadingFlorida claims critical race theory is in math textbooks
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has released two examples that it says back up its rejection of dozens of…
Continue ReadingCourt: Iowa restaurants can’t collect COVID loss insurance
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says two restaurants cannot collect damages from insurance policies…
Continue Reading2 men admit to pepper-spraying officers at U.S. Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two New York men have pleaded guilty to discharging chemical spray at police officers inside the U.S. Capitol during the January…
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