Month: September 2021

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fellow comedians and many others are paying tribute to standup comic and “Saturday Night Live” star…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have begun the serious work of trying to implement President Joe Biden’s…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A university in Oklahoma has been ordered to reinstate a professor who claims she was denied…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A woman is suing a New York fertility doctor for allegedly using his own sperm to impregnate her mother and then…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Federal investigators say an officer’s errors in calculating the stability of a cargo…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three former U.S. intelligence and military operatives have admitted providing…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The chief of the U.N. refugee agency says the international community and the Taliban…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Transit officials say a woman who had a dog tethered to her waist with a leash was dragged to death by a train in San…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has begun deliberating in the murder trial of New York real estate heir…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has formally announced his campaign…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One week after El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just hours before the HBO documentary “Jagged” was to premiere at the Toronto International Film…

BEIRUT (AP) — An advisor says Lebanon’s former prime minister has left the country for the United States despite a subpoena from the judge…

California voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast final ballots in an election focused on whether Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom should keep his…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago City Council has agreed to pay a total of $20.5 million to two of at least a dozen men…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The family of a woman who was stabbed by Wisconsin classmates looking to please online…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Norm Macdonald, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer and performer and “Weekend…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating a Vermont judge who played a critical role in paving the way…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offer twice the…

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University has announced that its student crew club must stay off the water at least for now after an inquiry faulted…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri cave containing Native American artwork from more than 1,000 years ago has…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A new study finds pension systems for state government workers are in their best shape since the Great Recession.…

LONDON (AP) — China’s ambassador to Britain has been barred from Parliament and told he could not enter the building for a talk he was scheduled…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey has been sentenced to 43 months for using drones to smuggle contraband into…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press NECOCLI, Colombia (AP) — Every day, at least 500 migrants from around the world sail out of the Colombian town…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fearful of Donald Trump’s actions in his final weeks as president, the United States’ top…