New York’s COVID surge is back — and so is its mask mandate
By KAREN MATTHEWS, MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a cold-weather surge in COVID-19 infections, New York…
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Judge declines to toss suits challenging Georgia voting law
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has rejected motions to dismiss eight lawsuits that challenge Georgia’s sweeping…
Continue ReadingUber helping detectives solve Florida ‘grandparent scams’
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was…
Continue ReadingVarsity Truce: Last parent in college bribery scandal pleads
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say the owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry who paid $75,000 to have someone correct his son’s…
Continue ReadingNationwide ‘silent strike’ in Myanmar protests military rule
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have held one of their biggest nationally coordinated protests…
Continue ReadingProsecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell have completed presenting their…
Continue ReadingFinland picks Lockheed Martin F-35A in $11B defense deal
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland has agreed to buy 64 Lockheed Martin fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of combat…
Continue ReadingBurkina Faso, Niger force says it has killed 100 extremists
By ARSENE KABORE Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military says that its joint operation with Niger’s army has…
Continue ReadingUK warns over reliance on Russian gas as G7 ministers meet
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat is warning that “free democratic nations” must wean…
Continue ReadingPope to Catholic jurists: Respect basic human rights
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has told Catholic jurists that they must strongly defend basic human rights in their…
Continue ReadingGermany vows solidarity with Poland in Belarus border fight
By VANESSA GERA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s new foreign minister has voiced solidarity with Poland while…
Continue ReadingArmenia will allow employers to fire unvaccinated workers
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s parliament has passed a law that would allow employers to fire those who refuse to provide proof of vaccination…
Continue Reading2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.…
Continue ReadingSurging inflation is forcing people and businesses to adapt
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A warehouse worker in Tennessee is running up against price…
Continue ReadingNobel Peace Prize winners call for journalist protections
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have received their…
Continue ReadingChinese leaders promise more economic support after slowdown
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders have promised tax cuts and support for entrepreneurs to shore up slumping…
Continue ReadingReport: Hamburg police foiled planned Islamist attack
BERLIN (AP) — German media have reported that police in the northern city of Hamburg arrested a suspected extremist in the summer who planned to…
Continue ReadingRights group calls for ICC probe into Myanmar crackdown
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights group is calling on an international court to open an investigation…
Continue ReadingJapan confirms 8 more cases of new coronavirus variant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Health officials in Japan have confirmed eight more cases of the new omicron variant of the…
Continue ReadingProbe by Poland refutes Belarus account of diverted flight
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish security officials say the diversion to Minsk of a Lithuania-bound flight carrying a self-exiled Belarusian journalist…
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