Officials debate letting Calhoun statue be part of exhibit
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Los Angeles visual arts space wants to display a South Carolina statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John…
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UN condemns seizure of closed US Embassy in Yemen by rebels
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Presd UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning “in the strongest terms” the intrusion…
Continue ReadingNAACP Image Awards to be held with live audience in February
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next year’s NAACP Image Awards will be held in-person Feb. 26 in Los Angeles with a live audience, the group announced…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Audubon Zoo welcomes rescued young jaguar
By PARKER PURIFOY Associated Press The New Orleans Audubon Zoo has taken in a 7-month-old female jaguar that was rescued from wildlife trafficking.…
Continue ReadingSuspected serial killer charged in two Kansas deaths
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A suspected serial killer has been charged with killing two people in Kansas.…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov DeSantis signs bill limiting vaccine mandates
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Private businesses in Florida will be forced to let workers opt out of coronavirus…
Continue ReadingBiden: US may not send top dignitaries to Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the United States is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over…
Continue ReadingUganda police kill 5, including cleric, after bomb blasts
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police said on Thursday they had killed at least five people, including a Muslim…
Continue ReadingMSNBC banned from Rittenhouse trial after bus incident
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial banned MSNBC from the courthouse Thursday after police said they briefly…
Continue ReadingDeSantis embraces coded ‘Brandon’ insult of Biden
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has embraced “Let’s go Brandon.” The Republican governor’s campaign said they picked the…
Continue ReadingBlack pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds of pastors are rallying at the Georgia courthouse where three white men are on…
Continue ReadingHamilton: F1 ‘duty bound’ to raise awareness of human rights
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton says Formula One is “duty bound” to raise awareness of human…
Continue Reading2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election…
Continue ReadingSudan’s police chief denies role in killing of protesters
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s chief of police says security forces are using legal means to contain anti-coup protests in the country. He spoke a day…
Continue ReadingMinnesota man charged in killing of couple at Fargo factory
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A 35-year-old man has been charged with three counts of murder in the shooting deaths at a…
Continue ReadingChurchill Downs picked to build western Indiana casino
By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The company that runs the Kentucky Derby has been picked to take over the stalled project to…
Continue ReadingMigrants held at sea for weeks accuse Malta of rights breach
By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Migrants who were held for weeks at sea on tourism boats chartered by the Maltese…
Continue ReadingHouse moves toward OK of Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have brushed aside months-long divisions and are approaching House passage of their…
Continue ReadingJoaquin Phoenix, Mike Mills on sincerity in ‘C’mon C’mon’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Moments of documentary make cameos in “C’mon C’mon,” but the entire film pulses with something…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses body disposal charge against crematory owner
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A charge of improperly disposing of a body has been dismissed against the owner of…
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