Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new study found a cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with…
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Flouting White House, Florida penalizes school districts
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida has withheld funding from two school districts over their…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans drops mask mandate as coronavirus numbers fall
REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is largely ending a mandate requiring residents and visitors wear masks indoors.…
Continue ReadingMan charged with murder in death of Illinois police officer
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A 31-year-old southern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a…
Continue ReadingJury selected for civil trial over Charlottesville rally
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has been seated in a civil trial to determine whether white nationalists who planned the 2017 “Unite the…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t stop vaccine mandate for NYC cops, other workers
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Wednesday refused to pause a vaccine mandate set to…
Continue ReadingBill would remove ‘conscience’ as basis for refusing vaccine
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois law has for more than four decades protected those who oppose…
Continue ReadingFlorida ethics panel recommends $20k fine for sham candidate
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state ethics panel has recommended a sham candidate for the Florida Legislature convicted of participating in a vote…
Continue ReadingFederal jury: Immigrant detainees are owed minimum wage
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal jury has determined that The GEO Group must pay minimum wage — rather than $1 a day —…
Continue ReadingPainting of Yale namesake and enslaved child back on display
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press An early 18th-century painting depicting Yale University’s namesake with an enslaved Black child has been returned…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Kids lived in dire conditions as body decomposed
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say three brothers who they allege were abandoned by their mother and her boyfriend…
Continue ReadingWhite House skeptical Iran ready to restart nuclear talks
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is responding skeptically after Iran’s chief negotiator announced that Tehran…
Continue ReadingTrooper charged with murder in pursuit that killed girl, 11
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York state trooper has been charged with murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl by…
Continue ReadingYoung Saudi man released from prison after nearly a decade
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A young Saudi man was released from prison after spending nearly a decade behind bars. His case had drawn international…
Continue ReadingRansomware gang says it targeted National Rifle Association
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ransomware gang believed to operate out of Russia says it’s hacked the National…
Continue ReadingTribe given land where ancestors survived near-annihilation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The land where the Rhode Island Narragansett tribe survived near-annihilation in a battle with English colonists in 1675…
Continue ReadingCourt upholds settlement in women’s sports case at Brown
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a settlement between Brown University and student-athletes who had challenged the Ivy…
Continue ReadingFDA sets stronger safety warnings for breast implants
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is enforcing new warnings on breast implants. The federal…
Continue Reading‘Animalism’: Blackhawks scandal raises culture questions
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly.…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court temporarily halts Oklahoma executions
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a stay of execution for two Oklahoma inmates who were…
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