US COVID death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine drive
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 800,000. That is according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins…
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Tornado victims include former Kentucky school administrator
By DYLAN LOVAN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press A Kentucky woman who worked her way up from school bus driver to become an administrator and school…
Continue Reading2021 Notebook: The COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccine rollout
By The Associated Press The year started with a lot of promise. The world had a vaccine. And even as the planet reached 2 million dead by the middle…
Continue ReadingNoem proposes ban on transgender women from female sports
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is proposing a bill to ban transgender women and girls from participation in female school sports…
Continue ReadingGreece voices concern to Spain on military ties with Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek foreign minister has voiced worries over potential plans by Spain to boost military cooperation with Greece’s…
Continue Reading‘Facts of Life,’ ‘Different Strokes’ remakes are ABC’s best
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The star-filled readings of old episodes of ‘The Facts of Life’ and ‘Diff’rent…
Continue ReadingJudge in Prince Andrew suit says document should be unsealed
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says a secret 2008 settlement that a lawyer for Prince Andrew says would protect him against a lawsuit claiming that he…
Continue ReadingFrench military leaves Timbuktu, Mali, after nearly 9 years
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The French military says that its forces have left the northern Malian city of Timbuktu. The…
Continue ReadingRelatives of slain mom, daughter speak at Payne hearing
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has heard from relatives of a woman and daughter who were brutally stabbed…
Continue ReadingCoroner: Woman killed in ex-Raider crash burned to death
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The coroner in Las Vegas says the woman killed in a fiery crash that authorities blame on…
Continue ReadingTexas county OKs $5M settlement over Black motorist’s death
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A Texas county has approved a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit settlement with the family of a man who sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingUS officials eye fuel supply for advanced nuclear reactors
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials say the development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help…
Continue ReadingProposed Nebraska mine might produce more rare elements
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make…
Continue ReadingTexts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile…
Continue ReadingFather, son blamed for California wildfire out on lower bail
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with sparking a devastating Northern California wildfire are out of jail after a judge vastly…
Continue ReadingLA mayor to Senate: I never saw sexual harassment by adviser
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — With his nomination to be ambassador to India on the line, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti…
Continue ReadingMan indicted after 3 bodies found in burning Texas dumpster
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A grand jury in Texas has returned a capital murder indictment against a man authorities have said confessed to killing…
Continue ReadingAmeren to close coal plant rather than make mandated changes
By JIM SALTER Associated Press The St. Louis-based electric utility Ameren Corp. says in a court filing that it will close a Missouri coal plant…
Continue ReadingReport: Gaetz friend will pay almost $1.9 million to county
Associated Press SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida tax collector whose arrest last year triggered an investigation into Republican U.S. Rep.…
Continue ReadingSon of Panama ex-president pleads guilty to money laundering
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A son of former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has pleaded guilty in New York to…
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