Uber driver charged with raping passenger during Vegas ride
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Uber driver is charged with raping a female passenger who police say fell asleep before waking up as she was attacked during a…
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100 California homes evacuated after fuel tanker overturns
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — About 100 homes have been evacuated in the San Francisco Bay Area after a fuel tanker overturned and leaked gasoline. Photos…
Continue ReadingSouth African minister objects to sale of Mandela’s cell key
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African Cabinet minister is urging the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a…
Continue ReadingRussia doubled purchases of gas from Turkmenistan in 2021
By ALEXANDER VERSHININ Associated Press ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Russia has doubled the purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year…
Continue ReadingVatican defends finance trial, says rights being respected
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Lawyers for defendants in a big Vatican financial trial are asking the Holy See newspaper to…
Continue ReadingExtinct shark named after LSU museum official as she retires
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State University museum official has received a unique retirement gift — researchers in Alabama and South…
Continue ReadingMany US churches canceling in-person Christmas services
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S., numerous churches have canceled in-person…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco board OKs mayor’s emergency order over opioids
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved an emergency order the mayor wants to tackle an…
Continue ReadingRudolfo Anaya weaved bilingual holiday tale for children
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An author known as the father of Chicano literature has left behind a bilingual children’s…
Continue ReadingMiddle man: Petersen poised to play key role in Va. Senate
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Republican victories last month in Virginia gave the GOP control of the governor’s…
Continue Reading3rd Florida-based ship has outbreak, state cases hit record
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A COVID-19 outbreak has taken place on a South Florida-based cruise ship for the third time this week. At the same…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What next as high court wades into COVID mandate?
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can…
Continue ReadingPolice: 2 killed in restaurant shooting in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say they have arrested one person after two men were shot and killed at a busy restaurant in Kentucky. The Louisville…
Continue ReadingHeavy rains, flooding in Bolivia kill at least 12 this month
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Heavy rains in Bolivia this month have killed at least 12 people, flooded crops and damaged roads, according to authorities.…
Continue ReadingEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew tests positive for COVID-19
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Are more defendants testifying at trial?
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying…
Continue ReadingBiden, first lady visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are bringing Christmas Eve cheer to…
Continue ReadingMissouri boarding school doctor accused of child sex crimes
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The doctor for a private Christian boarding school that has been the focus of an abuse investigation in Missouri has been…
Continue ReadingNew this week: ‘Lost Daughter,’ NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett
By The Associated Press Christmas may be over, but a feast of movies and television shows arrive next week. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s critically…
Continue ReadingSweet repeat: Brothers regift same hard candy for decades
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art by passing the same hard candy back…
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