Trooper dies after shooting on Chicago expressway
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side. A spokeswoman for…
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Subpoenas could shed light on how Jan. 6 rally came together
By MICHELLE R. SMITH and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press The latest round of subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol…
Continue ReadingOhio State tallies over 2,800 instances of abuse by team doc
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State’s latest campus crime data shows the university has now tallied over 2,800 instances of alleged, decades-old…
Continue ReadingRussia lists topics that other states shouldn’t know about
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main domestic security agency has released an extensive list of topics that could trigger the designation of…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador police arrest 30 in child pornography case
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Police in El Salvador have arrested 30 suspects who allegedly shared child pornography photos on the messaging…
Continue ReadingAni DiFranco to be honored at John Lennon benefit show
By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Ani DiFranco is the honoree and will perform at the 41st annual John Lennon Tribute…
Continue ReadingUS auto sales slump, stalled by car computer chip shortage
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled about 26% in September as a global shortage of computer chips worsened,…
Continue ReadingMexico asks Israel for extradition in missing students case
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has revealed he sent a letter to the Israeli government asking for the extradition of a former top…
Continue ReadingAlabama lawmakers OK plan to build prisons with virus cash
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amid a national debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers swiftly…
Continue ReadingLawyer who fought Chevron gets 6-month sentence for contempt
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An environmental lawyer who waged a years-long campaign against Chevron over…
Continue ReadingNXIVM doctor who branded women loses medical license
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health officials have revoked the medical license of a doctor with the cult-like group NXIVM who branded 17 women with…
Continue ReadingUS hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall
By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone,…
Continue ReadingJudge: Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used at trial
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has ruled that Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used…
Continue ReadingUS official in Haiti apologizes for treatment of migrants
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A top U.S. official has apologized for how Haitian migrants were treated along the…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Libyan forces round up 500 migrants in crackdown
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan officials say security forces have rounded up and detained at least 500 African migrants,…
Continue ReadingMexico to reserve future lithium production for government
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral” and reserve any future exploration and mining for the government. The…
Continue ReadingMorocco holds belated back-to-school day as virus recedes
By TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Presss RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Millions of Moroccan students have returned to school for in-person classes after a…
Continue ReadingHouston school principal shot by ex-student on campus
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a former student of a Houston public charter school shot and wounded the campus principal before quickly…
Continue ReadingUN says Ethiopia has no legal right to expel 7 UN officials
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has informed Ethiopia that it has no legal right to expel seven…
Continue ReadingEurope, Japan probes to get 1st look at destination Mercury
BERLIN (AP) — A joint European-Japanese spacecraft is set to fly by Mercury for the first time on its path to deliver two probes into the…
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