Ida and COVID-19: ‘Twin-demic’ slams Louisiana hospitals
By JULIET LINDERMAN and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — As one of the most powerful hurricanes in the nation’s history…
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Court reverses order to reinstate fired Little Rock officer
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas appeals court has reversed a lower court judge’s order that Little Rock…
Continue Reading20 years after 9/11, work of identifying remains continues
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s medical examiner’s office is continuing the difficult task of…
Continue ReadingOklahoma pushes back 7 executions due to notice requirement
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma attorney general’s office has asked the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals to push back execution dates for…
Continue ReadingIda and COVID-19: ‘Twin-demic’ slams Louisiana hospitals
By JULIET LINDERMAN and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — As one of the most powerful hurricanes in the nation’s history…
Continue ReadingSpaniards protest hate crime amid twist in high-profile case
By IRENE YAGÜE and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Protests in Spain to denounce a rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people have gone…
Continue ReadingDylann Roof seeks rehearing on church shooting conviction
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Dylann Roof has filed the next step in his federal appeal. On Wednesday, Roof’s lawyers filed a petition with…
Continue ReadingAP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors
By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY Associated Press Feeling lucky, Mr. Mandalorian? How about you, Duke of Hastings? The Emmys tend to field an eclectic…
Continue ReadingFed survey finds growth ‘downshifted’ in summer due to COVID
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic activity “downshifted” in July and August due to rising concerns about…
Continue ReadingSusanna Clarke’s ‘Piranesi’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — British writer Susanna Clarke has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for her mind-tweaking fantasy novel…
Continue ReadingTexas NAACP files federal complaint over “The Eyes of Texas”
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students have filed a federal civil rights…
Continue ReadingMan admits racist abuse of Black England soccer players
LONDON (AP) — A man from northwestern England was spared jail time after he pleaded guilty to posting racist abuse on social media after three…
Continue Reading9/11 Day co-founders plan CNN special to generate good deeds
BY GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer David Paine and Jay Winuk — who successfully lobbied the federal government to officially rename the day…
Continue ReadingRussian police detain journalists rallying for media freedom
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top independent TV channel Dozhd says police in Moscow have detained three journalists…
Continue ReadingBritish education minister admits mixing up Black sportsmen
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s education secretary says he had made a “genuine mistake” for mixing up two Black…
Continue ReadingIda deaths rise by 11 in New Orleans; Louisiana toll now 26
By KEVIN McGILL and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — Officials have raised Hurricane Ida’s death toll in Louisiana to 26.…
Continue Reading‘Lucifer’ star promises ‘good-slash-great’ series finale
By HILARY FOX AP Entertainment Writer LONDON (AP) — After six years, “Lucifer” stars Tom Ellis and Lauren German are kissing goodbye to their…
Continue ReadingJudge: Florida can’t enforce ban on school mask mandates
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled the state cannot enforce its ban on mask mandates in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What was, and is, al-Qaida?
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The terror group al-Qaida under Osama bin Laden grew into a generational threat…
Continue ReadingResearchers complete first-ever detailed map of global coral
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using more…
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