Flood-ravaged Tennessee community braces for Ida remnants
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emergency workers and volunteers in rural Tennessee are pushing to clean up as much…
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Return to school filled with uncertainty in Mexico
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — With bottles of gel, temperature checks and wide-open windows a new school year has begun for…
Continue ReadingMinnesota court deals yet another setback to pipeline foes
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to…
Continue ReadingRobbers escape with hostages atop cars in Brazil bank heist
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bank robbers armed with explosives and high-powered rifles plunged a city in Sao Paulo…
Continue ReadingJamaican reggae legend “Lee Scratch” Perry dies at 85
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican singer and record producer “Lee Scratch” Perry, considered one of reggae’s founding fathers, has died.…
Continue ReadingState mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Education Department says it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask…
Continue ReadingGOP’s Larry Elder looks for shock win in California recall
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Republican hasn’t won a statewide election in heavily Democratic California in…
Continue Reading‘Unprecedented’ NYC subway breakdown sparked by power surge
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says a momentary power surge disrupted half of the New York City…
Continue ReadingGerman train drivers to stage third strike over pay
BERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing German train drivers said its members will launch a third strike this week in an escalating pay dispute…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico to limit alcohol sales, gatherings amid pandemic
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has announced new restrictions to fight a rise in COVID-19…
Continue ReadingMissouri prosecutor files motion to free longtime inmate
By MARGARET STAFFORD and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has filed a motion asking a judge to…
Continue ReadingAs districts insist on vaccines, some teachers push back
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A growing number of communities are moving to require teachers to…
Continue ReadingAstronaut gets special ice cream delivery for 50th birthday
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia woman pleads guilty to entering US Capitol
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A college student from Hurricane, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to entering the U.S.…
Continue Reading30 kph max: Paris shrinks speed limit to protect climate
By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The speed limit for most of Paris is now 30 kilometers per hour (less than…
Continue ReadingThree Afghan children poisoned by mushrooms picked in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say three Afghan children staying at a refugee center fell ill after eating poisonous mushrooms picked in…
Continue ReadingCardinal to begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal says he will soon begin rehabilitation after…
Continue ReadingEU mission helps Kosovo with database on war crimes
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission in Kosovo said Monday it has assisted the country’s police in developing a database to…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Kate forms in Atlantic; no threat to land
MIAMI (AP) — A depression far offshore in the Atlantic has strengthened into a tropical storm but poses no threat to land. The U.S. National…
Continue ReadingChicago agency probes officer’s encounter with Black woman
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a…
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