George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy honored by Producer’s Guild
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy, stewards of the Star Wars universe and numerous other notable motion pictures, are…
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Treasury: Arizona risks relief funds over anti-mandate rules
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, ZEKE MILLER and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is threatening to recoup COVID-19…
Continue ReadingKosovo rejects Western call to conduct Serbian referendum
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Kosovo has rejected a call from Western governments to allow its minority Serbs to vote in a…
Continue Reading‘I’m a better person’: Northam reflects on his complex term
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is wrapping up a transformative but sometimes-tumultuous…
Continue ReadingDjokovic entangles sponsors in Australian Open vax uproar
By TALI ARBEL and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press A lot of people are angry at Novak Djokovic. And his sponsors may just wait it out. It’s unclear…
Continue ReadingDog rescued from collapsed house 6 days after landslide
SEATTLE (AP) — A dog that was trapped inside a collapsed Seattle house for six days following a landslide has been rescued. The Seattle Fire…
Continue ReadingHeavy snow in Midwest slows travel, closes scores of schools
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated and scores of schools closed…
Continue ReadingNetflix’s ‘Cheer’ returns after team’s major highs and lows
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s docuseries “Cheer” is back for a second season, picking up where season one…
Continue ReadingWhite House: Russia prepping pretext for Ukraine invasion
By AAMER MADHANI, NOMAAN MERCHANT and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have…
Continue ReadingCourt puts hold on GOP inspection of county voting machines
By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An inspection of voting machines in a heavily Republican county in…
Continue Reading‘Urban explorer’ finds 89 sets of ashes in abandoned church
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio investigators have found 89 sets of cremated remains in an abandoned Akron church. The…
Continue ReadingFlorida man gets life in prison for killing teen at party
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a young Florida man to life in prison for the stabbing death of a 13-year-old during a sleepover…
Continue ReadingSchool: Florida teacher quit after yelling racial slur
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A substitute teacher in Florida has resigned after students said she yelled a racial slur in the classroom. Pinellas…
Continue ReadingOldest WWII veteran to be remembered at museum service
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Family and friends of a New Orleans man who was the oldest World War II veteran when he died earlier in January…
Continue ReadingEx-EPA workers ask Virginia senators not to confirm Wheeler
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More than 150 former Environmental Protection Agency employees are writing to the Virginia…
Continue ReadingInsurers, employers start helping more with chronic disease
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Insurers and employers are taking a renewed interest in programs that help people deal with chronic _ and potentially…
Continue ReadingOusted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi faces 5 new corruption charges
BANGKOK (AP) — A legal official says Myanmar’s military-installed government has filed five new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San…
Continue ReadingIn vaccination battles, pro athletes become proxy players
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Athletes have been put at center court of arguments over COVID vaccines. The…
Continue ReadingIndustrial output falls 0.1% unexpectedly amid supply issues
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial production fell 0.1% in December, the first decline since September,…
Continue ReadingBill would require Senate confirmation for US prison chief
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers want the Senate to have a say in who leads the troubled…
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