Police planning to reinstall Capitol fence ahead of rally
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement concerned by the potential for violence at a…
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Fighting Texas abortion law could be tough for federal gov’t
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Foes of the new Texas law that bans most abortions have been looking…
Continue ReadingPrabal Gurung’s fashion show asks: Who gets to be a woman?
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s first female governor. American Girl dolls. The Statue of Liberty. Prabal Gurung…
Continue ReadingDurst’s lawyer says prosecutors demonized ‘sick, old man’
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for New York real estate heir Robert Durst says his client is an old, defenseless man…
Continue ReadingBiden, Dems push Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing for a modern counterpart to the New…
Continue ReadingCrushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer In pre-COVID times, business events like conferences and trade shows routinely attracted more than 1 billion…
Continue ReadingAgainst a stunning river sunset, Proenza Schouler returns
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sailboats wafted by on the Hudson River and the setting sun sparkled on the water as Proenza…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s president commissions domestic-made naval warship
JOHNSON LAI Associated Press SU’AO, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has overseen the commissioning of a new domestically made navy warship…
Continue ReadingJapan extends virus emergency until end of September
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of…
Continue ReadingTrudeau criticized at debate for calling Canadian election
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The leaders of Canada’s opposition parties have used the second debate of the campaign to…
Continue ReadingReport: Taliban has banned women’s sports in Afghanistan
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying women’s sports will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. The…
Continue ReadingPolice: Officer in anti-abortion ad ‘against his wishes’
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An anti-abortion rights billboard along a New Mexico interstate is…
Continue ReadingN. Korea, slimmed down Kim Jong Un, enjoy toned-down parade
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Civil defense forces carrying rifles and health workers wearing gas masks and red…
Continue ReadingPortland mayor: Keeping police away from protest a mistake
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly three weeks after armed far-right and far-left protesters violently…
Continue ReadingDefense lawyers say 1st Amendment protected ads on Backpage
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers defending the founders of Backpage.com against allegations they knowingly ran ads for…
Continue ReadingNew UN test ban chief says goal is to bring pact into force
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The new head of the U.N. nuclear test ban treaty organization says his goal is to have…
Continue ReadingNXIVM co-founder sentenced to 3 1/2 years in sex slaves case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former nurse who co-founded and once ran the cult-like NXIVM group has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Nancy Salzman…
Continue ReadingBrazil judge claps back at ‘undemocratic’ Bolsonaro vow
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Luiz Fux has issued a…
Continue ReadingUnited lays out employee rules as vaccine requirement looms
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines says more than half its workers who weren’t vaccinated last month have gotten the shots…
Continue ReadingNorth Macedonia: At least 10 die in COVID-19 hospital fire
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police and public health officials in North Macedonia say at least 10 people have died and many others injured by a…
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