Month: August 2021

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities have arrested Congo’s former public health minister on allegations he…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A suburban Milwaukee school district is meeting to possibly reconsider opting out of a federally funded free meal program. The…

CHICAGO (AP) — Family members say the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been transferred to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are seeking approval to spend up to $680,000…

By AMY BETH HANSON, JANIE HAR and AMY FORLITI Associated Press A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina couple split a nearly $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to two identical tickets. They say the sudden…

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are still divided on the origins of the coronavirus, but believe…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former state government official who says she is a sexual assault survivor says New Jersey…

By CALVIN WOODWARD, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and DAVID RISING Associated Press The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought…

DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Officials in Bangladesh say at least 22 people died when a passenger boat sank with more than 100 aboard after a collision.…

By MARIAM FAM, DEEPTI HAJELA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have…

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is giving radical Islamic groups from Syria and the Gaza…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JAY REEVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials are offering new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota troopers on Friday arrested four people protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement pipeline project at the…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued sweeping document…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a woman who has seen the play “Pass Over” multiple times in just a few days.…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that diplomacy was his…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will “shift heaven and earth” to bring more Afghans…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The first “Dreamer” to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship is finally poised to attend…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of a new state law…

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the county, the offices of members of Congress have become makeshift…