Quebec reimposing nightly curfew for pandemic as cases rise
TORONTO (AP) — Quebec is reimposing a nighttime curfew beginning New Year’s Eve, and Ontario has delayed the resumption of school by two days as…
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Suspect in fatal Japan clinic fire dies in hospital
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police say the suspect in a fire in Japan that killed 25 people has died at a hospital where he was…
Continue ReadingVirus delays UN nuclear treaty meeting, possibly til August
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A coronavirus surge has upended plans to hold a major nuclear treaty conference at the United…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas memorial service for Harry Reid set for Jan. 8
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A memorial service honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been scheduled for Jan. 8 at a performing arts…
Continue ReadingColorado governor slashes trucker’s prison term to 10 years
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a…
Continue ReadingAt parole hearing, David Gilbert described radical journey
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Weather Underground radical David Gilbert described his path from nonviolent 1960s…
Continue ReadingScholz to Germans: Let’s all help to defeat COVID in 2022
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging Germans to pull together to defeat the coronavirus in 2022 and…
Continue ReadingJudge sides with law enforcement in pipeline protest suit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with local law enforcement in a case brought by Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators alleging…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With a guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what…
Continue ReadingDefense secretary taking more authority for use of DC Guard
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it’s streamlined the approval process for urgent use of…
Continue ReadingColorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Hundreds of homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of…
Continue Reading15 more migrants killed in Mexico crash return to Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The bodies of 15 more migrants killed in a Dec. 9 truck crash in southern Mexico have been returned to Guatemala. The remains…
Continue ReadingNavy needs more time to flush Pearl Harbor drinking water
HONOLULU (AP) — Military officials tell Hawaii lawmakers that they need more time to flush jet fuel from their Pearl Harbor water system. Navy…
Continue ReadingRussia labels Pussy Riot member, others as ‘foreign agents’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have designated a member of the Pussy Riot punk group, a satirist and an art collector as “foreign agents” as…
Continue ReadingCDC warns against cruises, regardless of vaccination status
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people not to go on cruises,…
Continue ReadingAuthorities: Guardians killed Alaska boy after mom’s death
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press Authorities say a 2-year-old Alaska boy has been killed by his guardians months after his father…
Continue ReadingHouse committee says Trump privilege claim should be tossed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol says the Supreme Court should let stand an appeals court…
Continue ReadingCensus Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year
The world’s population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year’s Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That represents an…
Continue ReadingAuthorities: California man arrested in Iowa had ‘hit list’
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a California man arrested in Iowa had an assault rifle, ammunition and a “hit list” that named…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why are so many flights being canceled?
By TALI ARBEL and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press The forces that have scrambled thousands of flights since Christmas Eve could ease in January, but…
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