General promises US ‘surge’ against foreign cyberattacks
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The general who leads U.S. efforts to thwart foreign-based cyberattacks says he’s mounting…
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Democrats revise elections bill but face Senate headwinds
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are paring back their signature elections bill in hopes of kickstarting their…
Continue ReadingJudge declares mistrial at trial of Backpage.com founders
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial at the trial of the founders of the lucrative classified site…
Continue ReadingJustice Dept. curtails agents’ use of ‘no-knock’ warrants
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is curtailing federal agents’ use of “no-knock” warrants —…
Continue ReadingUS authors Lockwood, Powers, Shipstead up for Booker Prize
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Novels that explore historical injustices, the nature of consciousness and the dizzying impact of…
Continue ReadingFederal govt launches civil rights probe of Georgia prisons
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia…
Continue ReadingHow to update Apple devices to correct security flaw
Apple has released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple…
Continue ReadingCheers greet the reopening of three mega-hit Broadway shows
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Taymor and Lin-Manuel Miranda welcomed back boisterous audiences…
Continue ReadingGerman far-right party allowed to keep ‘Hang the Greens’ ads
BERLIN (AP) — A German court has ruled that a small far-right party can continue to put up election posters with the slogan “Hang the Greens”…
Continue ReadingGroup: Turkish drones in Cyprus endanger commercial flights
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A flight safety organization is warning that a Turkish drone base in ethnically divided Cyprus could increase safety risks…
Continue ReadingBlinken defense of Afghan policy clouded by al-Qaida warning
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has endured a second day of harsh bipartisan criticism of…
Continue ReadingCensus: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions…
Continue ReadingMerkel urges western Balkans to focus on EU membership
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In her last trip in the western Balkans as a German chancellor, Angela Merkel visited…
Continue ReadingJewish leaders bury remains found in former Warsaw ghetto
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw’s Jewish community has buried an unidentified Holocaust victim whose remains were…
Continue ReadingJudge suspends Minnesota’s tougher standards on deadly force
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has suspended Minnesota’s new stricter standards on when police can use deadly force, halting a change in state…
Continue ReadingFukushima plant failed to probe cause of faulty filters
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant have acknowledged they neglected to…
Continue ReadingPoet Patricia Smith wins $100,000 lifetime achievement award
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement, a $100,000 honor handed out by…
Continue ReadingIndiana Marine killed in Afghanistan remembered as hero
LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — A 22-year-old U.S. Marine from Indiana has been remembered as a hero during a funeral in his hometown. Corporal Humberto…
Continue ReadingMinister pledges Taliban govt won’t allow militant attacks
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new foreign minister says the Taliban governing the country remain…
Continue ReadingCensus experts find no political influence in state totals
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A task force of outside experts has found no evidence of political interference in the 2020 census numbers used…
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