Month: August 2021

By PAUL WISEMAN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers From Walt Disney World to Goldman Sachs, a flurry of private and public employers are requiring…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky state lawmaker who is facing criminal charges for allegedly choking a woman…

By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. Publicist Bernard…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister set out for Washington on his first state visit overseas since taking office. Prime Minister…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declared a mistrial in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti, who is charged with…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s “doing fairly well” and receiving good care for…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque’s municipal zoo says a 48-year-old female gorilla has died after being stricken by a bacterial infection.…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials are taking another look at the safety climate inside aircraft maker Boeing. The Federal Aviation…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 55-year-old Indiana man is in stable condition at a Fairbanks hospital after being attacked by a grizzly bear in…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court is weighing whether to unseal a search warrant and affidavits…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce…

By The Associated Press Rock ‘n’ roll royalty are among those mourning the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. The word “great”…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era…

By SAM METZ and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Ash is raining down on Lake Tahoe and thick yellow wildfire smoke is…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel is vowing that her party will fight for a good result in…

By SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A hospital in northwestern Louisiana thought the COVID-19 pandemic was letting up.…

BY CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — More than a week after Haiti’s devastating 7.2-magnitude…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has formally broken off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco, with the foreign minister citing a series of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hours after leaving office, scandal-tainted former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suffered another defeat: losing the special Emmy…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached a four-year agreement with the union for its orchestra, the last major deal…

By LAURIE KELLMAN and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases each day in Israel is nearing the…