Iowa man and Minnesota son plead guilty in Capitol riot case
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man and his Minnesota son have pleaded guilty to a charge of civil disorder related…
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France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest
PARIS (AP) — France has announced a staggering number of daily virus cases, at more than 332,000 far surpassing a string of recent records.…
Continue ReadingUS urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. is strengthening its COVID-19 booster campaign, endorsing an extra shot for everyone…
Continue ReadingIsraeli committee OKs 3,500 settlement homes in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli committee has approved plans for building more than 3,500 settler housing units in east Jerusalem, nearly half in a…
Continue ReadingFirst Hispanic director of the Census Bureau sworn in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Santos has been sworn in as the head of the nation’s largest statistical agency. He became the first Hispanic director…
Continue ReadingTreasure hunters sue for records on FBI’s Civil War gold dig
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania are now on the…
Continue ReadingUS hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
By RODRIQUE NGOWI, MICHAEL CASEY and DON THOMPSON Associated Press Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting…
Continue ReadingBlood test may one day predict severe pregnancy complication
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A blood test may one day be able to predict whether someone who is pregnant will develop a…
Continue ReadingEU wants place at table to discuss Ukraine, Russia crisis
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief is insisting that the 27-nation bloc must have a bigger…
Continue ReadingScaled-back CES gadget show returns to Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered in Las Vegas for a tech conference that’s been scaled back because of COVID-19 precautions.…
Continue ReadingMarch 2023 trial set for Florida condo collapse lawsuits
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A major lawsuit in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium that killed 98 people will go to trial…
Continue ReadingOldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The oldest World War II veteran in the United States has died at the age…
Continue ReadingCDC urges ‘up to date’ shots; no ‘fully vaccinated’ change
By ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials say they are not changing the definition of being “fully…
Continue ReadingTrudeau calls party flight to Mexico a slap in the face
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls videos of a party on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight…
Continue ReadingExxonMobil discovers more oil off Guyana’s coast
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — ExxonMobil says it has made two additional oil discoveries off the coast of Guyana as the South American country…
Continue Reading4 acquitted in toppling of British slave trader statue
LONDON (AP) — Four anti-racism demonstrators have been cleared of criminal damage in the toppling of a statue of a 17th-century slave trader during…
Continue ReadingYemen conflict escalates, government forces advance in south
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni officials say forces of the internationally recognized government have reclaimed large swaths of…
Continue ReadingExperts puzzled by continuing South Carolina earthquakes
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Another earthquake has struck near South Carolina’s capital city. Wednesday’s…
Continue ReadingTlaib running for new Detroit-area seat after redistricting
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will seek reelection in a new Detroit-area seat created through…
Continue ReadingSpain: 2 construction workers killed by school roof collapse
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say two construction workers have been killed after being buried under the roof of a school that collapsed. No…
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