Month: September 2021

By WILSON RING Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has become the latest state to sue some of the country’s top fossil fuel companies…

By ANDRÉS VILLARREAL Associated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — The house that former drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled in 2014 when…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed to levels not seen…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of American Indian tribes are demanding the Biden administration enact emergency…

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York state from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health…

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Sequoia National Park has been shut down and its namesake gigantic trees could be in danger as forest fires…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia and Wisconsin say that six people who recently traveled to the U.S. from…

CAIRO (AP) — Lawyers say the trial of an Egyptian activist and researcher who has been imprisoned for over a year and a half has begun. His case…

By MARIO LOBÃO Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A project to give children in poor neighborhoods a shot at going to the movies has resumed…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a public fallout over release strategy with Warner Bros., Christopher Nolan’s next film, about…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization and its partners hope to provide Africa with about 30% of the COVID-19 vaccines the continent needs by…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A new chief prosecutor has been sworn in hours after his predecessor…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The general who leads U.S. efforts to thwart foreign-based cyberattacks says he’s mounting…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial at the trial of the founders of the lucrative classified site…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are paring back their signature elections bill in hopes of kickstarting their…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is curtailing federal agents’ use of “no-knock” warrants –…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Novels that explore historical injustices, the nature of consciousness and the dizzying impact of…

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A woman who struggled with a robber inside an Illinois Subway shop says the owner suspended her from work after surveillance…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia…

Apple has released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple…