Month: October 2021

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wyoming are evaluating whether to file criminal charges against officials at a public library for stocking books some say are obscene in sections for children and teenagers. The five nonfiction books in the library in Gillette involve sex education and LGBTQ issues. Hugh and

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Air Group has told its 22,000 employees they will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The Seattle Times reports there are some exceptions to the policy, which has shifted since last month. The Seattle-based company said in an email to all Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air employees that they will

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway hit “Aladdin” is trying to keep COVID-19 genie contained. Disney Theatrical Productions said it will cancel Friday’s performance and all shows until Oct. 12 after “additional breakthrough COVID-19 cases were detected.” The show reopened Tuesday following some 18 months of being shuttered due

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Mexican museums have opened a massive show of 1,525 pre-Hispanic artifacts, more than half of which were recovered from abroad. Mexico has long had a problem with collectors or traffickers taking artifacts out of the country, even though that has been illegal since 1972. But 881 of the sculptures, vessels

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied an emergency appeal from a group of teachers to block New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school teachers and other staff from going into effect. The teachers had filed for the injunction with Sotomayor on Thursday, in an effort to keep the

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Ozy is shutting down less than a week after a New York Times column raised questions about the media organization’s claims of millions of viewers and readers, while also pointing out a potential case of securities fraud. The story triggered canceled shows, an internal investigation, investor concern and high-level

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing endangered species listing for a desert wildflower that’s only known to exist on a remote ridge in western Nevada where an Australian company plans a lithium mine at the center of a legal battle. The agency issued a

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 23-year-old Indianapolis man has been charged with illegally purchasing a gun that was used in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl in Chicago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana says Eric Keys has been charged in the case. The release does

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan is nothing if not confident. The music legend has quietly put tickets on sale for a concert tour supporting last year’s album, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ and he bills it on his website as a “World Wide Tour 2021-2024.” The concert business is slowly ramping up after its pandemic

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — On the same day former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard agreed to be extradited to the United States to face a charge of sex trafficking, police in Toronto announced their own charges. Police say Nygard, 80, is to be charged with six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is defending her administration’s handling of her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. She’s attempting to brush aside questions on a meeting she held last year that included her daughter, Kassidy Peters, and the state employee who was

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Valentino gave its pared down fashion audience a taste of real Parisian life on Friday. Its show featured flower stands, traditional bistro chairs and tables at which guests, including singer Giveon and “The Crown” star Vanessa Kirby, were served wine by waiters.Members of the public stared

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter to probation on Friday, instead of a harsher punishment requested by prosecutors, suggested the U.S. Justice Department was being too hard on the Jan. 6 defendants and not hard enough on those accused in police

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side. A spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said the trooper was pronounced dead Friday afternoon at the University of Chicago Medical Center and an autopsy will be conducted. Illinois State Police

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press The latest round of subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection may help uncover the degree to which former President Donald Trump, his campaign and White House were involved in planning the rally that preceded the riot. The 11 subpoenas sent this

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State’s latest campus crime data shows the university has now tallied over 2,800 instances of alleged, decades-old sexual misconduct by the late team doctor Richard Strauss. With new data released Friday, the school says over 170 total instances of rape and over 2,600 instances of fondling attributed to Strauss came

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main domestic security agency has released an extensive list of topics that could trigger the designation of “foreign agent” for someone who provides information about them to other countries even though they are not state secrets. An order by the Federal Security Service released Friday on a government information portal lists

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Police in El Salvador have arrested 30 suspects who allegedly shared child pornography photos on the messaging platform WhatsApp. An inspection of the suspects’ phones revealed sexual images of children, adolescents and disabled people. The head prosecutor for the township of Zaragoza said the investigation started in 2018. Henri

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled about 26% in September as a global shortage of computer chips worsened, shuttering factories and limiting the selection on dealer lots. Edmunds.com said automakers sold just over 1 million new vehicles last month. With strong demand, that has forced up prices,

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has revealed he sent a letter to the Israeli government asking for the extradition of a former top security official, Tomás Zerón. Zerón was the head of the federal investigation agency at the time of the abduction of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014. He is being sought

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A U.S. judge has set aside roughly 7,000 visas allowing people who won a lottery aimed at increasing the country’s diversity to try to go to the United States. The judge in Washington issued the order late Thursday after the government issued only a fraction of the visas allocated for

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination drive in an attempt to give doses to 500,000 people in two days. The government hopes that will reinvigorate a flagging campaign that’s coming up against hesitancy and complacency in Africa’s worst-affected country by the virus.