How Ohio’s new US congressional map sprinted into law
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s final congressional map sprinted through the Legislature last week and was…
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Judge dismisses charges against leaders of veterans’ home
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed criminal neglect charges against two former leaders of a veterans’ home where…
Continue ReadingTennessee gov backs signing bill aide said violates US law
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is defending a new law assigning sprawling limits on COVID-19…
Continue ReadingInterior head: Chaco protections ‘millennia in the making’
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland met with state and…
Continue ReadingMan in GoFundMe scam pleads guilty to federal charge
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then…
Continue ReadingPeter Aykroyd, Emmy nominated ‘SNL’ actor-writer, dead at 66
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Aykroyd, an Emmy-nominated actor and writer on “Saturday Night Live” for the 1979-80 season who…
Continue ReadingAlaska man pleads not guilty to threatening 2 US senators
By MARK THIESSSEN Associated Presss ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man charged with threatening the lives of Alaska’s two U.S. senators…
Continue ReadingCongo militiamen kill more than 12 at displaced camp in east
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army said militiamen targeting a camp for displaced people in…
Continue ReadingAfrica internet riches plundered, contested by China broker
By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of…
Continue ReadingBidens open holidays with Christmas tree and ‘friendsgiving’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are getting into the holiday…
Continue ReadingBoston mayor divests vulnerable city from fossil fuels
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has signed an ordinance designed to divest the city from fossil fuels. The…
Continue ReadingDC Metro to stay on reduced service through end of the year
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The regional train system serving the Washington D.C. area will remain on drastically reduced…
Continue ReadingUS diplomat in El Salvador critical of government leaves job
By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The United States’ top diplomat in El Salvador has announced she is leaving…
Continue ReadingFlorida man spotted with Nancy Pelosi lectern pleads guilty
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man photographed carrying a lectern belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office at the U.S. Capitol during the…
Continue ReadingLion killed after escaping, killing handler
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lion has been killed after escaping its enclosure at a zoo and killing its handler in northern Guatemala. The news site…
Continue ReadingAmerican, JetBlue ask court to toss US lawsuit against deal
BOSTON (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are asking a federal judge to throw out the government’s effort to block a deal between the two…
Continue ReadingFAA proposes fines for alcohol-related incidents on planes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are proposing more than $160,000 in fines against eight airline passengers over incidents involving alcohol.…
Continue ReadingFernando González, AP head of Caribbean news, dies in Cuba
By JOHN RICE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fernando González, the head of Caribbean newsgathering for The Associated Press, has died in…
Continue ReadingEthiopia PM says he will lead army ‘from the battlefront’
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister says he will lead his country’s army…
Continue ReadingMan locked up because of mistaken identity sues Hawaii
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A formerly homeless man who ended up in a mental institution for more than two years…
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