Biden sticking to pullout deadline though lawmakers complain
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ROBERT BURNS and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An administration official says President Joe Biden has…
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What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been given the Food and Drug Administration’s full approval, meaning it has…
Continue ReadingGovernor: Now is not a good time to travel to Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Governor David Ige is asking people not to visit the islands. He said it’s not a good time to travel to the islands and…
Continue ReadingCuomo gives clemency to 6, including Brink’s heist driver
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has granted clemency to six people, including the driver in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery whose…
Continue ReadingGiuliani associate to change plea in campaign finance case
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who helped Rudy Giuliani try to unearth damaging information about President Joe Biden in Ukraine is expected to plead guilty…
Continue ReadingNew faces, new ambitions as opera houses reopen
By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As opera houses around the country warily resume indoor performances, two of the biggest…
Continue ReadingUS deports Eduardo Arellano Felix, Mexico re-arrests him
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the notorious Arellano Felix brothers has been deported from the United States back to Mexico after serving most of a…
Continue ReadingHarris rebukes China in speech on Indo-Pacific vision
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HANOI (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the…
Continue ReadingUS warns about swimming at beaches in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in El Salvador is warning against swimming off that country’s Pacific coast beaches, citing…
Continue ReadingNew judge tapped in Haiti to oversee Moïse slaying case
Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian Justice official has appointed a new judge to oversee the investigation into the killing of…
Continue ReadingWVa governor’s bid to become boys basketball coach rejected
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice won’t be moonlighting as the coach of a boys high school basketball team where he already…
Continue ReadingEx-Salvadoran soccer boss pleads guilty to bribery charge
The Associated Press New York (AP) — The former president of El Salvador’s soccer federation has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to a corruption…
Continue ReadingFormer election opponent of Mexico’s president flees country
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican politician who was one of several unsuccessful aspirants for the presidency in the 2018 elections has fled the…
Continue ReadingForced medication recommended for Danish suspect in wildfire
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist has recommended that a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a Colorado…
Continue ReadingMore evacuations ordered ahead of NE Minnesota wildfire
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have ordered more evacuations near a quickly spreading wildfire that’s one of several burning in northeastern…
Continue ReadingStudy: Climate change makes European flooding more likely
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say global warming makes the kind of extreme rainfall that caused deadly flash flooding…
Continue ReadingLogo for Georgia’s Stone Mountain omits Confederate image
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The board that oversees a park near Atlanta have voted for a new logo that excludes the park’s giant mountainside…
Continue ReadingBiden praises WNBA champs for social justice activism
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm at the White House. In…
Continue ReadingUS authorities warn against flying drones over national lab
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Drone pilots, beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning Monday…
Continue ReadingHerschel Walker registers in Georgia; run for Senate next?
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him…
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