EXPLAINER: Why Saudi Arabia is upset, lashing out at Lebanon
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A televised remark by a game show host-turned Cabinet minister in Lebanon about the war in Yemen…
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Judge limits new California law protecting vaccination sites
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out California’s new 30-foot buffer zone designed to…
Continue ReadingTreasury report calls for stricter oversight of stablecoins
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would…
Continue ReadingManchin wavers on Biden’s plan, Democrats vow to push ahead
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin is wavering over supporting President Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingMississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Bill Luckett was an attorney, small-town mayor, candidate for Mississippi governor,…
Continue ReadingIraq court sentences man to death for killing 2 journalists
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s supreme court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the killing of two prominent Iraqi journalists, known for their…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why voting is a top issue in Tuesday’s elections
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press State and local election officials are hoping for a smooth election on Tuesday to…
Continue ReadingBiden backs Ohio Rep. Allison Russo in race for US House
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden has thrown his political weight behind two-term Democratic state…
Continue ReadingJill Biden dons apron and gloves, helps students make pasta
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden, a descendant of Italians, donned an apron and rubber gloves to help culinary students at a U.S.…
Continue ReadingHaitian revelers honor the dead in Vodou festival
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of revelers clad in white and clutching candles are crowding into the main…
Continue ReadingRubio takes Big Business to task a year before election
Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task. In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from…
Continue ReadingUS hopes Richardson’s Myanmar mission can produce results
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it welcomed a private mission to Myanmar by former U.S. ambassador to the U.N.…
Continue ReadingMilitary weighs penalties for those who refuse COVID vaccine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As deadlines loom for military and defense civilians to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines,…
Continue ReadingGermany: over 5,000 migrant arrivals from Belarus in October
BERLIN (AP) — German police say they have registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from…
Continue ReadingOklahoma panel recommends governor spare Julius Jones’ life
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board has recommended Gov. Kevin Stitt spare the life of death…
Continue ReadingBrazil steps up climate emissions goal; critics unimpressed
By DAVID BILLER and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government has stepped up its commitment against greenhouse…
Continue ReadingJudge starts Rittenhouse trial with trivia and lectures
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin judge presiding over Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial opened jury selection…
Continue ReadingOfficers, paramedics charged in McClain’s death in court
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Three police officers and two paramedics indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019…
Continue ReadingCOVID vaccine for younger kids already being packed, shipped
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the Biden administration is already assembling and shipping…
Continue ReadingJudge suspends deadline for Chicago cops to get vaccinated
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has suspended a Dec. 31 deadline for Chicago police officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But he didn’t interfere…
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