Month: August 2021

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s government watchdog has released a report criticizing the former government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. Its…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A large U.S. survey of new-vehicle owners found that automobile quality rose last year, but glitches…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It took Larry Kirwan nearly 20 years to feel he truly nailed a story of how a working-class family…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities say that at least 11 people are feared dead after another boat traveling from North…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is promising up to $60 million in military aid to Ukraine in advance of a White…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the…

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a man was attacked by a large alligator while walking through floodwaters from Hurricane Ida and is…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the reinstatement of a northern Virginia gym…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man who is serving a life sentence for a fire…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — American high jumper Sam Grewe has won a gold medal at the Paralympics. His next stop is medical…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of animal rights groups has filed a lawsuit to stop Wisconsin’s wolf hunt…

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has postponed the beginning of the school year for students up through high…

By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press Looking to kick back with something non-alcoholic this Labor Day? There’s been a real transformation going on…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The foreign ministers of North Macedonia and Greece agree that bilateral ties have improved steadily since the two…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economy grew by 20.1% in the April-June quarter from the same period a year earlier, when it suffered a record…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s National Assembly has approved legislation that bans app store operators such as Google and Apple from…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Friends and fellow lifeguards sat on a Jersey Shore beach and sobbed Tuesday at the…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal officials say the snail darter population has recovered. They say the tiny…

By The Associated Press Johnson & Johnson says its potential HIV vaccine did not provide protection against the virus in a study of young women…

LYONS, Ill. (AP) — Two brothers who told police they buried their mother and sister’s bodies in their suburban Chicago home’s backyard years…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices jumped by a record amount in June as homebuyers competed for a…

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Ida isn’t quite done with the United States, dumping bands of rain from the Gulf Coast into New England. The National…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek coast guard authorities say they have intercepted a yacht carrying 124 people believed to be migrants just off the…