Family stranded in Virginia: ‘It’s not getting any better’
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A family that was stuck on Interstate 95 and other roads in Virginia by a snowstorm says they went more than 18 hours…
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Sheriff: Couple left 11-year-old son home alone for weeks
ELFRIDA, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona couple has been arrested after authorities say they left their 11-year-old son home alone for two weeks. The…
Continue ReadingUS agencies investigate Navy fuel leak’s effect on civilians
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. public health officials are investigating how civilians have been affected by the leakage of…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota judge rules DAPL documents are public
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction in North Dakota of the…
Continue ReadingAlaska man who threatened US senators pleads guilty
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who threatened to kill Alaska’s two U.S. senators in a series of…
Continue ReadingFrench anti-terrorism prosecutors probe Dakar Rally blast
PARIS (AP) — The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into a car explosion last week ahead of the…
Continue ReadingJudge tosses lawsuit of man who was nude baby on ‘Nevermind’
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the…
Continue ReadingCalifornia adopts water restrictions as drought drags on
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be able to water their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms…
Continue ReadingBills open window for Anderson victims to sue U of Michigan
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — About 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a…
Continue ReadingJudge orders Mississippi city to allow mosque construction
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new federal court order says a Mississippi city must allow construction of a…
Continue ReadingKazakh police clash with protesters over 100% gas price hike
MOSCOW (AP) — Demonstrators denouncing the doubling of prices for liquefied gas have clashed with police in Kazakhstan’s largest city and…
Continue ReadingArmani cancels men’s Milan show, Paris haute couture
ROME (AP) — Designer Giorgio Armani is cancelling his men’s fashion shows in Milan this month and his Prive haute couture show in Paris because…
Continue ReadingRep. Bobby Rush formally announces he won’t seek reelection
CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois has formally announced he won’t seek a 16th term in the U.S. House. The former Black…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Illinois cop was disarmed, killed with own gun
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor says a police officer fatally shot last week at a northern Illinois hotel pleaded for her life before a man…
Continue ReadingNASA nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescope
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space…
Continue ReadingChicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools have canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote…
Continue ReadingHow East London’s oldest halal eatery survived the pandemic
By JOSEPH HAMMOND Religion News Service Halal Restaurant, East London’s oldest halal eatery, opened in 1939 to serve the needs of Muslims in the…
Continue ReadingHigh court won’t say whether justices have received booster
By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to say whether the nine justices have received…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why was holiday-season flying such a nightmare?
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A forecast of better weather means that the worst may finally be over for tens of thousands of air travelers who…
Continue ReadingBiden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging concern but not alarm as the United States set records for daily…
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