Text: When’s ‘lynching?’ Michigan governor plot leader said
By ED WHITE Associated Press A man charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was jubilant in 2020 when the state Supreme Court…
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Asian markets mixed after Wall St gain
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly gain in 16 months as…
Continue ReadingShanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai Disney has closed as the city tries to control its biggest coronavirus flareup in two…
Continue ReadingWhite House: Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip this week
By COLLEEN LONG and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has added a stop in Poland to his upcoming trip to…
Continue ReadingSamoa detects scores of COVID cases within days of outbreak
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa has reported scores of new COVID-19 cases daily since detecting its first case of community transmission last…
Continue ReadingS. Korean slavery victim seeks UN justice as time runs out
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thirty years ago, South Korean Lee Yong-soo went public for the first time in…
Continue ReadingSteelworkers poised to strike at Chevron California refinery
RICHMOND, California (AP) — More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay area have told the company they will go on…
Continue ReadingBlack store owner reports robbery, gets punched by officer
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama liquor store owner has sued after a police officer responding to a robbery call at his store punched him in the…
Continue ReadingMarine Corps identifies 4 killed in NATO exercise crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has identified the four Marines who died when their Osprey aircraft crashed Friday night in a Norwegian…
Continue ReadingFishing boat sinks in New Zealand storm, 4 dead, 1 missing
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rescuers are continuing to search for one person still missing a day after a chartered fishing boat carrying 10…
Continue ReadingJustice Thomas hospitalized with infection, high court says
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized because of an infection.…
Continue ReadingSC deputies shoot and kill man, saying he fought officers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff is defending Saturday’s fatal shooting of a Black man who advanced on officers with a wooden…
Continue ReadingFirefighter dies as wildfires continue in southwest Oklahoma
LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a firefighter has died in one of several wildfires that broke out Sunday in a county in southwestern Oklahoma.…
Continue ReadingStacey Abrams seeks access now to unlimited fundraising
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams is asserting that she should be allowed to immediately begin using a…
Continue ReadingYe no longer performing at Grammys
NEW YORK (AP) — Ye will not be performing at the Grammys this year. A report published in The Blast said that the musician was told Friday that his…
Continue ReadingUS to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a ‘genocide’
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s…
Continue ReadingIditarod ends as last musher crosses the finish line in Nome
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The last musher has arrived in Nome, ending the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race across Alaska. Musher…
Continue ReadingCanadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture
DETROIT (AP) — Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that halted trains across Canada and interrupted…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Ukraine’s president has called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia, delivering…
Continue ReadingFrench leftist Melenchon rallies before presidential vote
PARIS (AP) — Three weeks before France’s presidential election, far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon has rallied tens of thousands of supporters on…
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