Day: October 19, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor has announced that the city will hand out cash awards of up to $100,000 for information leading to the…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Netflix has posted sharply higher third-quarter earnings thanks to a stronger slate of titles. Those include…

JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press (AP) — A former Mexican federal police commander has admitted he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block a vaccine requirement for Maine health care…

HEMET, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California police department is investigating an altercation recorded on video in which an officer punched a…

TYLER, Texas (AP) — A Texas nurse has been convicted of capital murder in the deaths of four patients who died after prosecutors say he injected…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19. A DHS statement says the…

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s governor has visited Benton Harbor to listen to residents who have been urged to use bottled water…

By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent civil rights attorney is calling on a South Carolina…

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of nations particularly vulnerable to the effects of global warming have laid out their key demands ahead of the upcoming U.N.…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Manatees are starving to death because algae blooms and contaminants are killing…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The remains of an abandoned river wharf went up in flames over the weekend in New Orleans as fireworks went off nearby, but…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 55 years, Medicare has followed a simple policy with covered benefits…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria is introducing a COVID-19 “Green Certificate” as a mandatory requirement for access to restaurants, theaters,…

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Las Vegas city councilwoman who gained national attention for her support of…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A convicted drug dealer who was a target of the police raids that brought officers to Breonna Taylor’s home has been…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A judicial official says the judge leading Lebanon’s probe into last year’s massive port…

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general has filed two misdemeanor criminal charges against a county sheriff stemming from his…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook is paying a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims to resolve…

By MARIA CHENG and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African drug regulator has rejected the Russian-made coronavirus…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors have gone to a grand jury as they seek to indict millionaire real estate…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The chairman of the New York Democrats is facing calls to resign from members of his own…

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has denied motions to suppress video evidence found on electronic devices seized from former reality TV…