Lawsuit: North Carolina Boy Scouts chapter ignored abuse
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in a North Carolina county says officials with a local Boy Scouts of America chapter in North Carolina…
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US health tab hit $4T as gov’t opened spigot to fight COVID
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government report says U.S. health care spending rocketed to $4.1 trillion last…
Continue ReadingDeSantis: Critical race theory is “crap,” vows to fight it
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called critical race theory “crap” and…
Continue ReadingUS releases new batch of documents about JFK assassination
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives has made public nearly 1,500 documents related to the U.S. government’s…
Continue ReadingFlorida man arrested, charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say a Florida man has been arrested on charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and…
Continue ReadingChicago to pay woman $2.9M over botched police raid
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Council has voted to pay $2.9 million to a woman who was handcuffed by police officers during a February 2019 raid of…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco to require sick leave for nannies, gardeners
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a…
Continue ReadingHealth worker vaccine mandate blocked in half the states
By KEVIN McGILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has lifted a nationwide ban against President…
Continue ReadingThe AP names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2021
By The Associated Press If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly and timidly. But that doesn’t…
Continue ReadingNursing home worker, sisters among tornado victims
By RUSS BYNUM and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A nursing home worker from Kentucky who had “such a bright…
Continue ReadingFreelance journalist accredited to AP detained in Ethiopia
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Associated Press says a freelance video journalist accredited to the AP in Ethiopia has…
Continue ReadingMexican woman shot in head by US Border Patrol files claim
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys for a Mexican woman who was shot in the head by a Border Patrol agent and survived have…
Continue ReadingSenate sends Biden big defense bill, plans new war memorial
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has sent President Joe Biden a $768.2 billion defense bill that makes…
Continue ReadingChristian officials accuse Israel of holiday discrimination
JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokesman for Christian churches in the Holy Land has accused Israel of discriminating against Christian tourists during the…
Continue ReadingWhy the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by…
Continue ReadingTelehealth helps in pandemic, concerns linger: AP-NORC poll
By TOM MURPHY and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most older Americans have had to use telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Continue ReadingMet Opera to require booster shots starting mid-January
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is requiring audience and employees to receive COVID-19 booster shots for entry starting Jan. 17. The…
Continue ReadingLebanon to deport outlawed Bahrain opposition party members
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister has ordered the deportation of members of Bahrain’s outlawed Shiite opposition party after they…
Continue ReadingDutch judge: Remove tweets comparing unvaccinated to Jews
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A judge has ordered a Dutch right-wing populist lawmaker to take down four tweets in which he drew comparisons…
Continue ReadingManatee feeding program ready as winter tests survival
BY CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — As winter approaches Florida, state wildlife officials say a test feeding plan will…
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