Faith groups aid Haitian migrants, denounce mistreatment
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and PETER SMITH Associated Press Faith-based groups are scrambling to keep up with fast-paced developments in the Haitian…
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Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is renewing efforts to shield hundreds of thousands…
Continue ReadingBiden, McConnell get COVID-19 boosters, encourage vaccines
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Senate’s Republican leader have now had three COVID-19 shots…
Continue ReadingState senator acquitted on 15 charges in federal theft case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Court records show a Tennessee state senator charged with stealing $600,000 in federal grant money from a health care school…
Continue ReadingQatar Airways says losses reach $4.1 billion amid pandemic
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways says it suffered a more than $4 billion loss in revenues over the…
Continue ReadingCardinal Raymond Burke says his recovery slow after COVID-19
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who was placed on a ventilator after contracting…
Continue ReadingJohnny Ramone’s guitar sells for more than $900,000
BOSTON (AP) — The guitar played by Johnny Ramone on all 15 Ramones albums and at nearly 2,000 live performances by the rock band sold at auction…
Continue ReadingTaliban, ex-Afghan government dispute ends with no UN speech
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The dispute between Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers and its former government over…
Continue ReadingMan in Poland gets 25-year sentence for murder, cannibalism
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has convicted a man of instigating a murder in 2002 and participating in subsequent cannibalism and handed…
Continue ReadingBeyond, Impossible join crowded plant-based chicken market
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are getting into the fast-growing market for plant-based chicken. Beyond Meat…
Continue ReadingR&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R&B superstar R. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison after being…
Continue ReadingIndiana beaches closed after apparent US Steel plant spill
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Dunes National Park closed all of its beaches and a northwest Indiana water utility shut down an intake facility after…
Continue ReadingAnita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer America had yet to really learn about sexual harassment when Anita Hill testified against Clarence Thomas in…
Continue ReadingEgg thrown at French President Macron during food trade fair
PARIS (AP) — French President Macron was hit on the shoulder by an egg thrown at him by a young man during an international food trade fair in the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why coffee could cost more at groceries, cafes
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — After hovering for years at lows sometimes near $1 per pound, coffee futures — the price…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM denounces Iran, ignores Palestinians in UN speech
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister has appealed to the international community to stand together…
Continue ReadingPolice swoop on Balkan cartel’s European ‘cocaine pipeline’
MADRID (AP) — Law enforcement agencies from eight European countries have pounced on a Balkan crime organization allegedly running the…
Continue ReadingVaccination deadline arrives for NY healthcare workers
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some hospitals and nursing homes in New York began removing workers Monday for failing to meet…
Continue ReadingLower death rates for Black moms is goal of California bill
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has among the lowest rates of death nationally among pregnant women and…
Continue ReadingAfter ‘Verzuz’ series success, Timbaland creates Beatclub
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timbaland paved his own way as a hit-making producer for elite acts like Justin…
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