Number of COVID patients in US hospitals reaches record low
By BEN FINLEY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since…
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Baltimore’s top prosecutor seeks delay in her federal trial
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor has asked a federal judge to postpone her trial on charges that she made false statements on…
Continue ReadingSteve Wynn discipline case heading back to Nevada regulators
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An effort by Nevada casino regulators to impose a $500,000 fine and discipline former Las Vegas…
Continue ReadingAlaska Airlines cancels 9% of its flights over staffing woes
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alaska Airlines canceled dozens of U.S. West Coast flights Friday as off-duty pilots…
Continue ReadingImprisoned Griner gets support from USA Basketball teammates
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson wishes that she and her USA Basketball teammates could do more to help…
Continue ReadingMaryland judge defers decision on new congressional map
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge has deferred making a ruling about the state’s newly redrawn…
Continue Reading3 Army soldiers, 9 others accused in gun trafficking ring
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun…
Continue ReadingMigrants march from south Mexico as US lifts COVID ban
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Some 500 migrants from Central America, Venezuela and elsewhere have scuffled with Mexican police and…
Continue ReadingPope heads to Malta; Migration, Ukraine war top his agenda
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is going to Malta this weekend, aiming to draw attention to Europe’s…
Continue ReadingJournalists impeded, not muzzled, by Russian reporting rules
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New restrictions placed on journalists in Russia have impeded but not muzzled reporting about the…
Continue Reading2 people who helped dispose of Iowa murder victim sentenced
KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — Two people who helped another person dispose of the body of an Iowa murder victim have been sentenced to prison. The Des…
Continue ReadingFire and rain: West to get more one-two extreme climate hits
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says the West is going to get more one-two punches of nasty wildfires followed by extreme rainfall…
Continue ReadingLoss of namesake bar and grill hits tiny Alabama community
FAUNSDALE, Ala. (AP) — It’s unclear what will happen to a tiny west Alabama community now that a storm has wiped out the best-known thing in…
Continue ReadingNew this week: Camila Cabello, Tony Hawk and ‘Tokyo Vice’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Camila Cabello’s third album, a documentary about the life of…
Continue ReadingRussia aims Ukraine disinformation at Spanish speakers
By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Washington (AP) — Disinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is surging in Spanish,…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are…
Continue ReadingLamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate race
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for U.S.…
Continue ReadingRussia blames Ukraine for fuel depot blast; Kyiv denies role
By The Associated Press A fiery explosion at a Russian fuel depot brought accusations from Moscow that Ukraine had attacked the facility, but the…
Continue Reading93-year-old German jailed again for denying Holocaust
BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin court has sentenced a 93-year-old German woman to 12 months in prison for denying that Jews were systematically murdered…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bill decriminalizing marijuana and letting states set their own…
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