SD committee investigating AG subpoena crash investigators
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have subpoenaed law enforcement officials and crash…
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Mexico approves use of Cuba’s Abdala coronavirus vaccine
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s health safety council has approved the use of Cuba’s three-dose Abdala coronavirus vaccine. The council…
Continue ReadingPublix grocery chain starts offering paid parental leave
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Officials at the Publix grocery store chain says that they will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new…
Continue ReadingGun attack in Mexico kills 8 at two homes, including baby
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in north-central Mexico says a shooting attack has killed eight people at two homes, including a baby boy. Officials…
Continue ReadingSchwarzenegger and Shriver divorce final after 10 years
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s marriage is officially over, 10 years after…
Continue ReadingWWII veteran who was member of ‘Buffalo Soldier’ unit dies
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A World War II veteran who was one of the last living members of an all-Black cavalry regiment has died in Florida. Steve…
Continue ReadingNevada casinos go record 9 months with $1B in house winnings
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada casinos set a record in November, reporting a ninth straight month of $1 billion or more in…
Continue ReadingDA: Death of Kansas teen in custody not necessarily criminal
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor says an autopsy’s finding that the death of a Black teen in custody at a…
Continue ReadingCorrection: California-Medicaid Overhaul story
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published December 29, 2021, about California’s Medicaid overhaul, The Associated Press erroneously reported…
Continue ReadingCourt: Woman who threatened Black child violated law
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire court has found that a woman violated the state’s civil rights law when she called Black child by a racial…
Continue ReadingBlack newspaper publisher Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, 78, dies
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The third-generation editor and publisher of a historic Black newspaper in North Carolina and a driving force behind the…
Continue ReadingPolice: Teen charged in triple killing is loose, dangerous
GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Dallas-area police have charged a 14-year-old with capital murder in a triple killing at a gas station and are warning that…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Vegas fireworks show will go on, 300,000 expected
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas isn’t canceling or scaling back plans for big New Year’s gatherings amid concerns…
Continue ReadingLate Senate leader Harry Reid remembered as `man of action’
By KEVIN FREKING, LAURIE KELLMAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents and former colleagues are lauding longtime Senate…
Continue ReadingVirus postpones Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show
NEW YORK (AP) — A surge of coronavirus cases in New York has forced the postponement of another signature event, the Westminster Kennel…
Continue ReadingNYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams to take oath in Times Square
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York police captain Eric Adams will take his oath of office in Times Square in…
Continue ReadingFire and ice: Crews battle cold along with apartment fire
ENNIS, Mont. (AP) — Firefighters faced cold temperatures that caused their equipment to ice up as they battled a fire in a four-unit apartment…
Continue ReadingBusiness manager to Kardashians killed, boyfriend charged
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a Los Angeles business manager whose clients had included Nicki Minaj and the Kardashians has been killed, and…
Continue ReadingUS affirms new interpretation for high-level nuclear waste
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Biden administration has affirmed a Trump administration interpretation of high-level…
Continue ReadingA look at de Blasio’s NYC mayoral tenure and what’s next
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bill de Blasio swept into the New York City mayor’s office eight years ago promising a…
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