Day: August 19, 2021

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race has been…

MIAMI (AP) — A former University of Miami football player has been arrested in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata.…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on European nations to shoulder the responsibility for Afghans fleeing the…

FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the fatal shootings of a woman and her granddaughter outside an Indiana automotive seating plant have…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One Albuquerque police officer is in critical condition after being shot while…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Both parties are bracing for a major legal fight over redistricting. Democrats need court wins more than…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — When U.S. President Joe Biden took office early this year, Western allies were falling over…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The number incidents involving unruly airline passengers is growing, and so are the fines imposed by federal…

NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall has changed the program for its return from the coronavirus shutdown and added a Beethoven cycle to the season with…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s president, driven out by the Taliban, is the latest leader on…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general says humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia are “hellish”…

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have found two people dead and about 20…

By ALEX SANZ and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press The U.S. military and its allies have rescued a high-profile Afghan national police officer who was…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing the federal prison system implement new procedures to…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Just as school doors are reopening across the U.S., children are filling hospital beds instead of classrooms in…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music Awards is making the streaming switch, moving from…

LONDON (AP) — A 13-day hunger strike by former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers has ended after the British government agreed to enter talks with the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a General Motors plant in Mexico have voted to end a collective bargaining contract negotiated by an old guard union…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Candyman” was always more than a surface level horror film. The 1992 film dealt with class, race and trauma. But…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. His communications…

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A new lawsuit contends the office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is illegally delaying the…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has announced an agreement with Qatar to resume aid payments to thousands of families in…

By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Officials say two doctors at hospitals treating earthquake victims in…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A member of the family that owns Purdue Pharma has once again stopped short of offering an apology or…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The number of U.S. tourists who came to Florida in the second quarter of this year has returned to pre-pandemic levels, though…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A former women’s basketball player at Seton Hall has been added to a lawsuit filed against the school by…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer who was fatally shot this month has been remembered for her compassion with…