Lawmakers attempt to revive nationwide eviction moratorium
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium that lapsed last…
Continue ReadingAP National News
Woman charged after daughter, 3, found dead in garbage bag
TAWAS CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Michigan woman with murder days after her 3-year-old daughter’s body was found with multiple…
Continue ReadingUN agencies want access to asylum-seekers stuck at EU border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two United Nations agencies have requested access to asylum-seekers stranded at Belarus’s border with Poland and Lithuania…
Continue ReadingSheriff: No charges after twin boys die from heat in car
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff says no charges will be filed against a South Carolina father whose…
Continue ReadingWorkers reinstall Wisconsin statues downed in 2020 protest
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Workers have reinstalled two statues on the Wisconsin Capitol grounds that protesters…
Continue ReadingAmazon, Chobani and others vow to hire Afghan refugees
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, Chobani, UPS and more than 30 other companies have vowed to hire and train refugees…
Continue ReadingDakota Access asks high court to reverse pipeline decision
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company that operates the Dakota Access oil pipeline wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appellate ruling ordering…
Continue ReadingGrenade attacks in Burundi kill 2, wound scores
By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s government says two people had been killed and 102 others wounded in…
Continue ReadingTribe wants Boston U to change name of Myles Standish dorm
BOSTON (AP) — A Native American tribe is calling on Boston University to change the name of a dorm that honors Pilgrim military leader Myles…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico to raise minimum wage for 1st time in 12 years
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill to increase the U.S. territory’s minimum wage for the first time in more…
Continue ReadingGoogle to spend $2.1 billion on Manhattan campus acquisition
The Associated Press NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Google is planning to buy New York’s St.  John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of…
Continue Reading‘Dear Evan Hansen’ filmmakers refine a hit Broadway musical
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people will get a chance to know the shy teenager Evan Hansen this month, but…
Continue ReadingBiden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest…
Continue ReadingWhite House blacklists Russian ransomware payment ‘enabler’
By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is trying to choke the finances of criminal ransomware…
Continue ReadingMyanmar judge rules that Suu Kyi’s trial will continue
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented enough evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and two of her…
Continue ReadingDefense official defends French submarine-making capability
PARIS (AP) — France’s Defense Ministry has used Twitter to offer a robust defense of the country’s submarine-making capabilities and to…
Continue ReadingSarah Dash who sang on ‘Lady Marmalade’ with Labelle, dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Sarah Dash, who co-founded the all-female singing group Labelle with Patti Labelle…
Continue ReadingMan kills 2, then himself outside Florida Wendy’s restaurant
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police say a man fatally shot two people and then killed himself in the drive-thru area of a Wendy’s restaurant in…
Continue ReadingEx-probation officer convicted in real estate agent killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former probation officer has been found guilty for her role in the kidnapping and killing of a Minneapolis real estate agent.…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 6.4 quake sways buildings in coastal Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A strong earthquake shook buildings in the Chilean city of Concepcion on Tuesday, though there were no immediate reports of…
Continue Reading