Former Pentagon chief Mark Esper drops lawsuit over memoir
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department. The ex-Pentagon chief had claimed that…
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Populist lawmaker announces run for Canadian Conservatives
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A populist lawmaker declared his intention to head the Conservative party of Canada just days after…
Continue Reading49ers fan punched during NFC championship remains in coma
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a San Francisco 49ers fan who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being punched outside SoFi Stadium last…
Continue ReadingPeru’s latest PM resigns amid past domestic violence reports
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s newly named prime minister has resigned a day after President Pedro Castillo announced that he will renew his Cabinet…
Continue ReadingRecent blaze at fertilizer plant wasn’t 1st fire there
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina city confirms that firefighters responded in late December to what an incident report called a…
Continue ReadingMichaels to call 11th Super Bowl before NBC contract ends
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Al Michaels finally gets to call a Super Bowl in Los Angeles and will tie the late Pat Summerall for the most by a lead…
Continue ReadingAshley Bryan, acclaimed children’s author, dead at 98
ISLESFORD, Maine (AP) — Ashley Bryan, a prolific children’s book illustrator and storyteller who often retold African folktales he had heard as a…
Continue ReadingTodd Gitlin, prominent activist and thinker, dead at 79
NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Gitlin, a prominent anti-war and campus activist of the 1960s who drew upon his experiences and influenced many others as an…
Continue ReadingOttawa declares state of emergency over COVID-19 protests
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency and a former U.S. ambassador to Canada…
Continue ReadingVMI to change honor system said to expel Blacks more often
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute will change its student-run honor court to make it more fair to cadets as part of a response…
Continue ReadingNavy says SEAL candidate dies after Hell Week test
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says one Navy SEAL candidate has died and a second is in the hospital after falling…
Continue ReadingGaetz friend asks for sentencing delay as he works with feds
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz wants a judge to delay his…
Continue ReadingUN Staff Union: 24 peacekeepers, 1 civilian killed in 2021
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Staff Union says 24 U.N. peacekeepers and one civilian working for the United Nations were killed in…
Continue ReadingIconic tapestry of Picasso’s `Guernica’ is back at the UN
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica,” which is considered by numerous…
Continue ReadingJoe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify’s popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan has apologized after a video compilation…
Continue ReadingWaffle House shooter receives life in prison without parole
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors refused to make parole possible after 51 years in prison for the man who shot…
Continue ReadingPolice: Shooter at apartment complex kills 2, then himself
BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) — Police say a man fatally shot two people at an apartment complex in a Milwaukee suburb and later died of an apparent…
Continue ReadingDelta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fly list
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Delta Air Lines has told the U.S. Department of Justice that any person convicted of…
Continue ReadingFlorida home to be sold in novel non-fungible token deal
GULFPORT, Fla. (AP) — A home along Florida’s Gulf Coast will be auctioned off in the upcoming week as a non-fungible token in what is believed to…
Continue ReadingDemonstrators protest killing of Congolese refugee in Brazil
By DIANE JEANTET and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Demonstrators gathered on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and…
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