Miami teen’s football game honors dad who died from COVID
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The night before Alan Arellano died of COVID-19, his wife recorded a short audio…
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Schools still have billions of federal Covid relief money to spend
By Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress authorized more than $190 billion to help America’s schools reopen and stay open during the pandemic — and…
Continue ReadingCaldor Fire near Lake Tahoe now under better control, Cal Fire says
By Alta Spells, CNN The Caldor Fire, which has threatened the popular tourist spot of Lake Tahoe, came under better control this weekend, and some…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Merkel expresses support for Laschet as successor
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed full support for Armin Laschet, the center-right Union bloc’s candidate hoping to…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the developing state court fight over Texas’ abortion law
CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Abortion clinics and their allies are engaged in a game of Whac-A-Mole as they’ve obtained state court orders…
Continue ReadingPoland gives humanitarian visa to 2nd Belarus athlete
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A lawmaker in Poland says that a second Belarussian athlete, an equestrian who was excluded from the national Olympic team…
Continue ReadingWildfires, smoke snuff out outdoor adventures across US
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires burning in the U.S. this summer have upended plans for countless outdoor adventures.…
Continue ReadingWildfires, smoke snuff out outdoor adventures across US
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires burning in the U.S. this summer have upended plans for countless outdoor adventures.…
Continue ReadingUS supports 2 Canadians marking 1,000th day in Chinese cells
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that “people are not bargaining chips” and adds that the U.S. stands with…
Continue ReadingMerkel: Rebuilding of flood-hit areas will take a long time
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says “it will take a long time” until the regions damaged by devastating floods in July will be…
Continue ReadingMerkel: Rebuilding of flood-hit areas will take a long time
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says “it will take a long time” until the regions damaged by devastating floods in July will be…
Continue ReadingBody of climber from Colorado recovered from Bolivian peak
By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The body of an American man who died while climbing one of Bolivia’s highest peaks has…
Continue ReadingTom Brady had Covid-19 in February after Super Bowl boat parade, Tampa Bay Times reports
By Eric Levenson, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady had Covid-19 in February shortly after the Super Bowl championship boat parade and…
Continue ReadingTaliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say at least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking…
Continue ReadingGirls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies at 39 after cancer fight
LONDON (AP) — Singer Sarah Harding of the British pop group Girls Aloud has died at 39 after a battle with breast cancer. Her mother announced the…
Continue ReadingInsider Q&A: Pressing for fair play for US family farmers
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Policymakers in Washington are focusing closely on consolidation in agriculture and the…
Continue ReadingGreek composer Theodorakis to be buried in Crete
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Communist Party says composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis will be…
Continue ReadingA hurricane-hardened city coping ‘the New Orleans way’
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS. (AP) — When Ida knocked out power and dumped buckets of rain in their streets, hurricane-hardened…
Continue ReadingTurkey says it ‘neutralized’ 18,500 militants over 6 years
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey says it has “neutralized” nearly 18,500 people whom it calls “terrorists” over the past six years. Defense MInistry…
Continue ReadingApple Daily parent company board resigns, plans to liquidate
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The parent company of a defunct pro-democracy paper in Hong Kong, Apple Daily, is liquidating…
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