Japan widens virus curbs, including in Tokyo, as cases surge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo and a dozen other areas in Japan will face new coronavirus restrictions effective Friday,…
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Body cam footage released in 2018 California bar massacre
By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released from body cameras captures the chaos deputies encountered…
Continue ReadingCeleb-heavy Los Angeles suburb gets tough on water wasters
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press The local water district for wealthy Southern California communities in an enclave nestled in the Santa Monica…
Continue ReadingTracking Biden’s 1st-year progress delivering on promises
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During President Joe Biden’s first year in office, he took action on…
Continue ReadingBiden says nation weary from COVID but rising with him in WH
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden acknowledges that the pandemic has exhausted and demoralized…
Continue ReadingUS, allies pledge unity on Russia; to do what isn’t as clear
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has rallied European allies to pledge as one that they…
Continue ReadingIs it better to wear an N95 or cloth mask right now?
By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health experts suggest stepping up protection against omicron with N95s, KN95s or similar masks.…
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has…
Continue ReadingVoting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for…
Continue ReadingWhite House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A White House spokeswoman says an armed British man who took four…
Continue ReadingMan charged with killing nurse, 70, at Los Angeles bus stop
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected of attacking and killing a 70-year-old woman at a Los Angeles bus stop has been charged with murder. Sandra…
Continue ReadingUK police asked to probe Indian officials’ role in Kashmir
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London law firm has filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army…
Continue ReadingTreason trial of Cambodian opposition head Kem Sokha resumes
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A treason trial against Cambodia’s opposition leader has resumed two years after…
Continue ReadingILO report says Afghan crisis causing massive job losses
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The International Labor Organization says more than a half million people in Afghanistan…
Continue ReadingAlaska court weighs arguments over new election process
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing arguments in a case that challenges the…
Continue ReadingBody cam footage released in 2018 California bar massacre
By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released from body cameras captures the chaos deputies encountered…
Continue ReadingBlast kills 3 sailors on Indian navy ship docked in Mumbai
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s defense ministry says an explosion on a navy ship has killed three sailors. It is unclear whether others were…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota AG impeachment probe questions investigators
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers weighing impeachment charges for the state’s attorney general are…
Continue ReadingUN: Worse now for women peace builders than before COVID
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says women seeking to participate in shaping and building…
Continue ReadingMartinique court dismisses slavery reparations lawsuit
By RODOLPHE LAMY Associated Press FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) — An appeals court in the French Caribbean island of Martinique has dismissed a…
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