Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ wins Folio Prize for literature
LONDON (AP) — “The Magician” by Irish writer Colm Toibin has won Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature. Toibin’s fictionalized…
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Nygard to face U.S. extradition after Canada case completed
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to be extradited to the United States to faces sex-related charges there, but only once…
Continue ReadingGrandmother asks judge to OK charges against Madison cop
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A woman has asked a judge to authorize criminal charges against a white Madison police officer who killed her biracial…
Continue ReadingTotalEnergies to halt all Russian oil purchases by year-end
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French energy giant TotalEnergies says it has decided to halt all its purchases of Russian oil…
Continue ReadingWoman settles with Alaska city after rape report ignored
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former police dispatcher in the Bering Sea coastal community of Nome has settled with…
Continue ReadingInvestigation: No adults involved in mock slave auction
PITTSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Officials say an investigation found that students at a North Carolina school pretended to “sell” Black classmates at a…
Continue ReadingWoman’s arm severed in deadly carjacking; 4 teens arrested
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ police chief says four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a…
Continue ReadingPolice SWAT team surrounds Greyhound bus, apprehends man
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A police tactics team surrounded a Greyhound bus for hours along a major interstate northeast of Atlanta, prompting the…
Continue ReadingWisconsin dad wants cop charged for restraint of daughter
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin father is demanding that prosecutors charge an off-duty police officer who…
Continue ReadingProtesters in Jamaica spurn royals ahead of official visit
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Protesters in Jamaica have raised their fists and donned T-shirts emblazoned with a…
Continue ReadingBiden to announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says President Joe Biden plans to announce…
Continue ReadingSpain to enter new era without isolation for mild COVID-19
MADRID (AP) — Spanish health authorities are moving closer to normalizing life in coexistence with COVID-19, by scrapping mandatory quarantines…
Continue ReadingIndiana GOP governor faces pushback over trans sports veto
By CASEY SMITH and TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor is facing criticism from many fellow Republicans and calls…
Continue ReadingScientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in…
Continue ReadingS. Carolina officer didn’t see a gun before fatal shooting
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Dashboard camera footage shows a small town police officer in South Carolina charged in the fatal on-duty…
Continue ReadingBiden press secretary has COVID-19, won’t travel to Europe
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she has tested positive again for COVID-19 and…
Continue ReadingPolice: 4 Israelis killed in stabbing attack, suspect shot
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say a knife-wielding Arab man has killed four people and seriously wounded two others in the southern Israeli city…
Continue ReadingArtifacts seized from U.S. billionaire returned to Israel
By KAREN MATTHEWS and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in New York announced the repatriation of $5 million worth of…
Continue ReadingConstruction of Amazon’s new Africa HQ halted by court
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has suspended construction work on a huge new business park that…
Continue ReadingTop colleges accused of violating Black athletes’ rights
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The National College Players Association says NCAA Division I schools are violating the civil rights of…
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