Japan retracts new flight bookings ban after criticisms
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it has retracted a ban on new incoming international flight bookings to defend against…
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New US ambassador to New Zealand seeks to work with China
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to New Zealand says he wants to find areas of common ground…
Continue ReadingRockin’ around the Christmas tree: Rockefeller tree lit up
NEW YORK (AP) — The holly, jolly, best time of the year has gotten a light-filled launch. The towering Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has…
Continue ReadingChicago drops police union lawsuit over vaccine mandate
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago has dropped its lawsuit against the police union over a COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingGivingTuesday: Record $2.7B raised during day of generosity
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Organizers for GivingTuesday say American donors gave $2.7 billion during Tuesday’s giving day. The…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea breaks daily virus record for 2nd straight day
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has broken its daily record for coronavirus infections for a second…
Continue ReadingAlabama gunfire: Suspect, deputy killed; another deputy hurt
YELLOW BLUFF, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect and sheriff’s deputy are dead after a domestic call in Alabama erupted in gunfire. The…
Continue ReadingDNA matches body to Alaska man last seen alive in 1979
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say DNA and genome sequencing have identified a body found decades…
Continue ReadingUN chief says aid and flights resuming to Ethiopia’s Tigray
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief had a piece of good news in the midst of Ethiopia’s year-long war…
Continue ReadingCarlos Santana has heart procedure, cancels December shows
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carlos Santana has successfully undergone a heart procedure and is canceling several Las Vegas shows planned for December. The…
Continue ReadingUS defense chief slams China’s drive for hypersonic weapons
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — America’s defense chief has rebuked China, vowing to confront its…
Continue ReadingASU students protest Rittenhouse as possible student
By TERRY TANG The Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University student groups protesting Kyle Rittenhouse’s ties to the school…
Continue ReadingProsecute shoplifters under existing laws, governor says
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom says in no uncertain terms that he thinks shoplifters should be…
Continue ReadingHawaii: Petroleum detected in tap water near Pearl Harbor
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The state of Hawaii says a laboratory has detected petroleum product in a water sample from an…
Continue ReadingLaos-China railway to launch as debt to Beijing mounts
By JOE McDONALD, SAM McNEIL and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Laos, an isolated, mountainous nation of 7 million people wedged…
Continue ReadingBidens, Harris, Emhoff celebrate Hanukkah at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses held a “family” celebration of Hanukkah at the White…
Continue ReadingEx-sheriff, facing life for rapes, pleads guilty to bribery
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former five-term Louisiana sheriff has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge less than a month after a state jury…
Continue ReadingAuto workers likely to approve direct election of leadership
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Members of the United Auto Workers union apparently will approve picking their leaders in direct…
Continue ReadingData hacked for 400,000 Planned Parenthood LA patients
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood chapter has been hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients, but the…
Continue ReadingJustices’ abortion remarks: Is it time to overturn Roe?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has been asked in arguments to overturn a nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.…
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