COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone
By SOPHIA TAREEN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million…
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Woods to make return from car crash at PNC Championship
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods is returning to some form of competition. He says he will be playing next weekend in Orlando, Florida, at…
Continue ReadingCalifornia plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State lawmakers may help pay for people from other states to come to California for…
Continue ReadingMeadows sues as Jan. 6 panel proceeds with contempt case
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has sued the House…
Continue ReadingHigh wind delays Michael Strahan’s space trip with 5 others
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait…
Continue ReadingWH has new slogan on infrastructure, but message the same
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden is rebranding his bipartisan infrastructure package with the new…
Continue Reading$56K Alzheimer’s drug avoiding Biden’s cost curbs, for now
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest…
Continue ReadingDisassembly work underway on Lee pedestal in Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Disassembly work on an enormous pedestal that until recently held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has commenced in…
Continue ReadingSaudi prince’s tour, reforms eclipsed by Khashoggi case
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is visiting Gulf Arab states on a high-profile…
Continue ReadingCzechs to deploy troops in Poland to guard Belarus border
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has approved a plan to deploy 150 service members in Poland to help guard the border with Belarus. Defense…
Continue ReadingFather’s Nazi past haunts Chilean presidential frontrunner
By FRANK JORDANS and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writers BERLIN (AP) — A recently revealed identification card shows that the German-born…
Continue ReadingStudy: Guatemala’s tortilla industry depends on girls’ labor
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — For millions of Guatemalan families hand-made corn tortillas are indispensable with every…
Continue ReadingFrench junior finance minister resigns after conviction
PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The…
Continue ReadingWomen seek diverse paths to leadership in Islamic spaces
By MARIAM FAM of The Associated Press and AYSHA KHAN of Religion News Service CAIRO (AP) — From religious courts to spiritual care to Islamic…
Continue ReadingPanel: Consider tinkering with oceans to suck up more carbon
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The National Academy of Sciences says the world needs to look into making oceans suck up more carbon dioxide to…
Continue ReadingUS businesses advertised near-record 11 million open jobs
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 11 million open jobs in October, nearly matching a record high…
Continue ReadingBosnian security chief accused of corruption in weapons sale
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s security minister has been formally charged with malfeasance and corruption over the irregular sale…
Continue ReadingJustice Dept. still probing civil rights era police killings
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department has closed its investigation of Emmett Till’s slaying, yet agents…
Continue ReadingTom Jory, AP editor who led vote-count efforts, dead at 77
By JERRY SCHWARTZ Associated Press Tom Jory, an editor who played a vital role in one of The Associated Press’ most crucial functions —…
Continue ReadingMan lynched in Pakistan buried in native Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The body of a Sri Lankan factory manager who was tortured and set on fire by a mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy has…
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