Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
By SALLY HO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The pandemic has made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable…
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UAW member hit, killed by car near John Deere picket line
MILAN, Ill. (AP) — Police say a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member as he was walking to a picket line outside a John Deere…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man arrested in alleged Gaetz death threat
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A California man will face a judge in Florida after allegedly threatening to kill Rep. Matt Gaetz after the U.S. Capitol…
Continue ReadingCaissie Levy gets uncomfortable in ‘Caroline, Or Change’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caissie Levy has vacated her palace on Broadway for a modest Louisiana home. She has traded…
Continue ReadingKosovo sanctions 7 people, 1 company for links to Hezbollah
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has sanctioned seven local businessmen and a company for links with Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah.…
Continue ReadingWatchdog: 30 recent cases of violence to Afghan journalists
By TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A media watchdog says it has recorded more than 30 instances of violence and threats of violence…
Continue Reading‘Greatest Show On Earth’ circus may return without animals
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years after the “Greatest Show On Earth” shut down, officials are planning to bring back the Ringling…
Continue ReadingUN envoy says ‘civil war’ has spread throughout Myanmar
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The outgoing U.N. envoy for Myanmar says “civil war” has spread throughout the…
Continue ReadingSlovenia eyes possible lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s health minister is warning the country could face a nightmare scenario if it does not contain its…
Continue ReadingFlorida judge sends Trump suit against Twitter to California
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump must pursue his…
Continue ReadingTokyo governor hospitalized for fatigue _ 2nd time this year
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s governor has been hospitalized with severe fatigue for the second time in four months and…
Continue ReadingWilliam Jackson Harper’s ‘Love Life’ drives show’s season 2
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the second season of HBO Max’s “Love Life,” William Jackson Harper takes over the…
Continue ReadingShe asked to bring oxygen to work — they fired her instead
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal…
Continue ReadingIndia slams China’s new boundary law amid border tensions
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is criticizing China for passing a new land boundary law which it says could impact the two…
Continue ReadingLa Palma island braces for more quakes as volcano roars on
By EMILIO MORENATTI and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — Residents on Spain’s La Palma island are…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia police to get stun guns after Wallace shooting
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia will spend $14 million to equip all of its officers with stun guns, train them in their use and require officers…
Continue ReadingMillions of unused cloth masks remain in storage in Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tens of millions of unpopular cloth masks produced as an anti-coronavirus measure under former…
Continue ReadingStacey Abrams group donates $1.34M to wipe out medical debts
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The political organization led by prominent Democrat Stacey Abrams is branching out into paying off…
Continue ReadingNor’easter cuts power to over half-million homes, businesses
BOSTON (AP) — A nor’easter that battered the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force wind gusts has left more than a half-million customers without…
Continue ReadingFears of rising baguette prices pose crunch for the French
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A hike in the cost of wheat is alarming French households who fear a possible rise in the price of…
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