To star gazers: Fireworks show called Northern Lights coming
CHICAGO (AP) — A fireworks show that has nothing to do with the Fourth of July and everything to do with the cosmos is poised to be visible in the…
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Kansas vaccine mandate foes rally; Holocaust comment decried
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of people opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates have rallied at the Kansas Statehouse…
Continue ReadingHeartless! Artists says NYC tribute removed in permit snafu
By MARIA SANMINIATELLI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A giant red heart sculpture installed this week in Central Park as a tribute to health care…
Continue ReadingBiden receives Communion in Rome amid debate in US
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Rome during Saturday Vigil…
Continue ReadingPolice warn woman not to wear Halloween costume as protest
Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida woman says she was warned by a local police officer not to wear a Halloween costume that is…
Continue ReadingBoat capsizes off Haitian coast, at least 12 people dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A vessel carrying passengers and construction materials sank off Haiti’s southern coast and officials say that at…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Florida prohibits professors from testifying
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is prohibiting three professors from providing expert testimony…
Continue ReadingYemeni officials say car bomb near Aden’s airport kills 8
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say at least eight people were killed by a car bomb that rocked the southern…
Continue ReadingSuspect in shooting of Oklahoma deputy found dead
PINK, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of shooting and wounding an Oklahoma deputy sheriff has been found dead along with the…
Continue ReadingChicago city worker vaccine mandate survives repeal effort
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers has survived another challenge. The City Council on…
Continue Reading‘Prison gerrymandering’ endures in Nevada, despite law
By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Two years after banning prison gerrymandering, Nevada will still count almost half of…
Continue ReadingGiving the Western some swagger in ‘The Harder They Fall’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Harder They Fall” has all of the gunfights, train robberies, saloons, and showdowns you…
Continue ReadingA post-Trump test for Democrats looms in Virginia election
By STEVE PEOPLES and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats in Virginia are scrambling to stave off disaster in the state’s…
Continue ReadingDe Kock takes knee as South Africa beats Sri Lanka at WCup
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — David Miller hit two sixes in the last over as South Africa shrugged off a hat trick from Wanindu Hasaranga to…
Continue ReadingSki resorts counting on a return to normal on the slopes
By LISA RATHKE and THOMAS PEIPERT JAY, Vt. (AP) — Ski resorts are expecting a more normal season on the slopes this winter with many virus…
Continue ReadingUK’s Johnson says Queen Elizabeth ‘on very good form’
ROME (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Queen Elizabeth II was “on very good form” during their weekly conversation earlier…
Continue Reading2 women running for governor, history in post-Cuomo New York
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not a boys’ club anymore. Just months after getting its first…
Continue ReadingBid considered to wipe Alabama arrest records of King, Parks
By JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The quest by a civil rights pioneer to have her arrest record wiped clean after nearly 70…
Continue ReadingOfficial: 3 die in SUV crossing crash with Amtrak train
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a collision between an Amtrak train and an SUV at a South Carolina rail crossing has left three…
Continue ReadingIn Rittenhouse case, Americans see what they want to see
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people on the streets of Kenosha during protests…
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