Missouri man executed for killing 3 workers in ’94 robbery
By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience…
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Force expert: Rittenhouse decisions to shoot were reasonable
By MICHAEL TARM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A use-of-force expert says an Illinois man who shot three people during a…
Continue ReadingBlack ex-Tesla worker who claimed racial abuse awarded $137M
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…
Continue ReadingNew Australian state leader sticks to lockdown timetable
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…
Continue ReadingAnti-vaccine villagers in Guatemala hold coronavirus team
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Guatemala say anti-vaccine residents of a village seized and held a team of nurses who were trying to…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Kishida, Biden agree to cooperate on China, N Korea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has held his first talks since taking office with…
Continue ReadingJapan counts on Asian market to help shift to green energy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is focusing on its neighbors in Asia as it hopes to take a leadership role in the growing…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears thanks #FreeBritney fans after dad’s removal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is thanking fans who have called for years to #FreeBritney after major changes in the conservatorship that has…
Continue ReadingProgressive mayors seek reelection in Albuquerque, Santa Fe
By MORGAN LEE AND SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Progressive mayors are seeking reelection to New Mexico’s largest…
Continue ReadingAustralia won’t welcome foreign tourists until at least 2022
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says foreign tourists won’t be welcomed back until at…
Continue ReadingGarland says authorities will target school board threats
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing the FBI and U.S. attorneys to meet with federal,…
Continue ReadingDetroit posthumously honors Franklin with post office naming
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Aretha Franklin was given a bit of R-E-S-P-E-C-T when a post office in her hometown of Detroit…
Continue ReadingAspiring actor pleads guilty in $650 million Ponzi scheme
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actor has pleaded guilty to running a massive Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million from investors in phony…
Continue ReadingJury awards $6.3M to Shannen Doherty in State Farm fire suit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to…
Continue ReadingHaiti to UN Security Council: Help us handle gang violence
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Haiti’s top diplomat is imploring the United Nations Security Council for help tackling gang…
Continue ReadingUNICEF: Battered by pandemic, kids need mental health help
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The U.N.’s child protection agency is urging governments to pour more money and resources into…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Election 2022-Energy-New Mexico story
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — In a story published October 5, 2021, about Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s speech about hydrogen to oil and gas executives,…
Continue ReadingFed watchdog to investigate officials’ financial trades
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent investigator will look into whether Federal Reserve officials broke the…
Continue Reading7 passengers on derailed train sue Amtrak, BNSF Railway
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An Illinois law firm has filed lawsuits against Amtrak and BNSF Railway on behalf of seven…
Continue ReadingSouthwest is latest airline to mandate vaccines for workers
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has become the latest U.S. airline to say that it will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…
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