Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews have yet to receive their…
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Asian shares mostly slip amid lingering omicron worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower amid lingering worries about the omicron coronavirus variant’s…
Continue ReadingFauci: US should consider vaccine mandate for US air travel
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for…
Continue ReadingEvangelicals a rising force inside Argentine prisons
By GERMAN DE LOS SANTOS and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Evangelical pastors have become increasingly influential inside…
Continue ReadingPolice: Gunman in Denver who killed 5 targeted some victims
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage in several locations in the Denver…
Continue ReadingImmigrants welcome Afghan refugees, inspired by own journeys
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area health clinic founded four decades ago to screen refugees from…
Continue ReadingWaddle shines, Dolphins beat Saints 20-3 to win 7th straight
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rookie sensation Jaylen Waddle returned from the COVID-19 list to catch 10 passes for 92 yards…
Continue Reading‘So difficult’: Winter snow, cold slam Northwest and Sierra
By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Snow, ice and unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest and the Sierra Nevada are continuing to…
Continue ReadingMom: 14-year-old shot by LA police ‘died in my arms’
By STEFANIE DAZIO, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MORGAN LEE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Relatives of a 14-year-old girl who was killed by Los…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota man convicted of killing 4 gets life in prison
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A man convicted of killing four people in what authorities say was one of the most…
Continue ReadingBooker Prize-winning novelist Keri Hulme dead at 74
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Keri Hulme, the New Zealander whose 1984 debut novel The Bone People won the Man Booker Prize, has died. She was 74.…
Continue ReadingChina pursues tech ‘self-reliance,’ fueling global unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party is pressing entrepreneurs to make the country a…
Continue ReadingSyria reports 2nd Israeli attack on vital port in a month
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria media are reporting that Israeli missiles fired from the Mediterranean struck the port of Latakia, igniting a fire in…
Continue ReadingRecord COVID case numbers reported in 2 Australia states
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s Victoria and Queensland states have reported record levels of new daily coronavirus infections as pressure on testing…
Continue ReadingAutopsy: Slain college student died of undetermined homicide
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A college student who authorities say was killed by a handyman at an apartment complex where they both worked died by…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea holds key meeting as Kim marks 10 years in power
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has opened a key political conference to review past projects and…
Continue ReadingSuspected carjacker charged in killing of good Samaritan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a murder charge against a man suspected of killing a good Samaritan who tried to detain him after an…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Lawsuit dismissed against Blackhawks in Aldrich case
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney says a lawsuit filed against the Chicago Blackhawks by a former Michigan high school student who said he was sexually…
Continue ReadingKentucky’s death toll from tornadoes rises to 77
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state’s death toll from devastating tornadoes earlier this month…
Continue ReadingNATO says its jets scrambled 290 times due to Russian planes
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says its fighter jets were scrambled hundreds of times this year to intercept aircraft flying too close to its borders. Most…
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