On Jewish Earth Day, more Jewish groups take climate action
By YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service Tu BiShvat, the Jewish new year of the trees, barely registers on most Jewish calendars, except as an occasion…
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Lawmaker proposes mandatory neck guards after hockey death
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut state lawmaker says she plans to introduce legislation requiring all hockey players to wear a neck guard or a…
Continue ReadingEx-White House adviser pleads guilty in $218,000 school scam
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a national charter school network who once served as a White House adviser…
Continue ReadingOath Keepers leader jailed on Capitol attack charges
By JAKE BLEIBERG, JACQUES BILLEAUD and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers…
Continue ReadingNo charges for 151 Arizona votes vetted over fraud claims
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A review of potential voter fraud cases in the 2020 general election in Arizona’s second-largest…
Continue ReadingMexico seizes 380,000 boxes of Kellogg’s cereal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to improve children’s diets, so it seized 380,000 boxes of Corn Flakes, Special K and other Kellogg’s…
Continue ReadingBiden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-test
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the…
Continue ReadingNetflix upping US, Canada prices with competition growing
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is raising prices for customers in the U.S. and Canada. The boost comes less than a year…
Continue ReadingSouth prepares for weekend threat of debilitating snow, ice
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasters’ predictions of debilitating snow and ice as far south as…
Continue ReadingIndiana man allegedly killed roommate with windshield fluid
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a northwest Indiana man allegedly killed his roommate by repeatedly spiking her beverages with…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales
By The Associated Press NEW YORK Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Texas attorney general violated open records law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A district attorney says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records laws by withholding or failing…
Continue ReadingUniv. of North Dakota leader defends gender inclusion plan
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The president of the University of North Dakota is publicly defending the school’s…
Continue ReadingWitnesses: Man jumped onto truck hood before fatal shooting
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two witnesses say a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina sheriff’s deputy…
Continue ReadingUN council demands Yemen’s Houthis release UAE ship and crew
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning the seizure of a United Arab Emirates ship and…
Continue ReadingThieves raiding rail cargo containers in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed…
Continue ReadingFrench presidential candidate says strong EU borders needed
By ELENA BECATOROS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse has stressed the need…
Continue ReadingBrazil starts vaccinating children after weeks of delay
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has begun giving COVID-19 vaccines to children, marking the start of an effort…
Continue ReadingBad weather caused crash that killed India’s military chief
ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A military inquiry has found that an air force helicopter crash that killed India’s military chief…
Continue ReadingFederal testing website launches next week, 4 tests per home
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will…
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