Mask rules get tighter in Europe in winter’s COVID-19 wave
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy, Spain and other European countries are reinstating or stiffening mask mandates as…
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Indian court acquits bishop of charge of raping nun
By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has acquitted a Roman Catholic bishop of charges of raping a…
Continue ReadingDjokovic’s appeal of canceled visa moves to higher court
By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s effort to play in the Australian Open despite being…
Continue ReadingCambodia launches 4th round of COVID-19 vaccinations
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has begun a fourth round of vaccinations against the coronavirus in…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to…
Continue ReadingBiden all but concedes defeat on voting, election bills
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is all but conceding defeat for this…
Continue ReadingAfghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — There is one tradition in the heavily patriarchal,…
Continue ReadingSKorea slightly eases distancing but warns of omicron surge
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will slightly ease its coronavirus gathering restrictions starting next…
Continue ReadingGoodbye ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home
By JOHN RABY, FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are…
Continue ReadingCyber attack in Albuquerque latest to target public schools
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Around 75,000 New Mexico schoolchildren are missing school Friday…
Continue ReadingBiden nominates 3 for Fed board, including first Black woman
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden nominated three people for the Federal Reserve’s Board of…
Continue ReadingStocks end mostly higher, but still log another losing week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A late-afternoon recovery in technology stocks helped erase most of the market’s losses…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Gov. Evers’ reelection pitch: democracy is at risk
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is known for his folksy demeanor, sprinkling his speeches with…
Continue ReadingWaukesha parade suspect to stand trial for murder
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin court commissioner has ordered a Milwaukee man accused of plowing his SUV…
Continue ReadingGoFundMe acquires nonprofit fundraising platform Classy
The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced Thursday that it has signed a deal to acquire the nonprofit fundraising company Classy. The move will…
Continue ReadingCharges filed against 4 in slaying of off-duty LA cop
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged four people in connection with the robbery and killing of an…
Continue ReadingChina’s trade surplus surges to record $676.4B in 2021
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s politically volatile global trade surplus surged to $676.4 billion in 2021, likely the…
Continue ReadingDemocrats defeat GOP sanctions on Russian gas pipeline
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have defeated a bill by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz that would have…
Continue ReadingJudge allows video release in Black man’s shooting death
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A judge has granted a North Carolina police chief’s request to release body camera video recorded moments after the…
Continue ReadingSpider-Man comic page sells for record $3.36M bidding
DALLAS (AP) — A single page of artwork from a Spider-Man comic book sold at auction for a record $3.36 million. Mike Zeck’s artwork for page 25…
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