Q&A: Khan ready for AEW to take New York, wrestling by storm
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer AEW founder Tony Khan has put professional wrestling on notice that he has the hottest company in the business. The…
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1 injured in New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome roof fire
By Rebekah Riess, CNN One person was injured in a fire on the roof of the New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome Tuesday, authorities said. New Orleans…
Continue ReadingAsian American lawmakers want DOJ to speed up action on hate crimes law
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Two Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to swiftly implement a federal law aimed at countering the rise in…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador president says he’s world’s ‘coolest dictator’
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The top US diplomat in El Salvador says she sees “a decline in democracy” the country, where President Nayib…
Continue ReadingSeattle mayor extends COVID eviction moratoriums
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says the city’s eviction moratoriums will remain in place through Jan. 15, 2022, rather than expiring…
Continue ReadingPost-Trump, Democrats push to curb presidential powers
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats say they will vote on legislation this fall to curb the power of the…
Continue ReadingA North Carolina-based health care system has suspended hundreds of employees for not getting a Covid-19 vaccine
By Gregory Lemos and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A North Carolina-based health care provider announced Tuesday it has suspended hundreds of employees for…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco mandates vaccines for all airport workers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is requiring all workers at San Francisco International Airport to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingOklahoma court lifts stays in 2 McGirt-related decisions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has lifted stays in two cases it overturned based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that…
Continue ReadingMerkel seeks to boost Laschet in close German election race
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to boost struggling would-be successor Armin Laschet in…
Continue ReadingOregon redistricting talks adjourn early over COVID case
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America Following reports of a positive COVID-19 case in the Oregon Capitol, legislators have been sent…
Continue ReadingMan who filmed Rodney King’s 1991 beating by police dies of Covid-19, friend says
By Stella Chan and David Williams, CNN George Holliday, the man who shot the infamous video of Los Angeles Police Department officers beating Rodney…
Continue ReadingSequoia National Park’s Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest are unscathed even though a wildfire has been…
Continue ReadingWray: Afghanistan unrest could inspire extremism inside US
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials say the possibility of a 9/11-type attack has diminished over the…
Continue ReadingEx-mayor, elected at age 23, gets 6 years in corruption case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts mayor who was once a rising Democratic star after being elected at…
Continue ReadingIran’s president slams US in first speech to UN as leader
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s new president slammed U.S. sanctions imposed on his nation as a…
Continue ReadingUS probes Takata air bags in 200 models from 20 automakers
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Over 30 million air bags in more than 200 models from 20 automakers are being investigated by a U.S.…
Continue ReadingLawyer: R. Kelly unlikely to take stand in trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for R. Kelly has told a judge that the R&B singer is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial.…
Continue ReadingConsumers get online tool to check nursing home vaccine data
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says families and patients have a new online tool to compare COVID-19…
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