Month: October 2021

By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe walked into the Virginia governor’s race late last year as the overwhelming frontrunner in a state former President Donald Trump had just lost by 10 points. But less than a week before the final votes are cast, McAuliffe is locked in a dead

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The attorney for a Black man who was run over by a Kansas deputy in an encounter caught on dashcam video says he was shocked to learn the deputy is now employed as a master sergeant at the Hutchinson prison while under criminal investigation. Lionel

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press VILLA COMALTITLAN, Mexico (AP) — A growing migrant caravan has filled the town square here after knocking off another 13 miles of its trek across southern Mexico. About 2,000 migrants had walked out of the southern city of Tapachula near the Guatemala border on Saturday. While the multitude is

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland congressman has deactivated his official congressional and campaign Facebook and Instagram accounts until their parent company and Congress make substantial reforms to protect children, health and democratic values. Democratic Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger said Wednesday that his decision follows disturbing whistleblower reports about the company’s

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Herschel Walker for the Senate in Georgia. That lends the clout of the highest-ranking elected GOP official in the country to the candidacy of a former football star whose turbulent personal history could create problems for his general election campaign.

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Hard Rock wants to build a casino in or near New York City, even as it moves forward with a plan to build another one about 8 miles away in northern New Jersey. New York state has three remaining casino licenses to be awarded in

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twin Metals says it will appeal a federal decision that dealt a serious blow to its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Last week, the Biden administration ordered a mineral withdrawal study that could lead to a 20-year ban on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a popular recreational

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland-area roller derby team that has called itself the Guardians since 2013 is suing Cleveland’s newly renamed Major League Baseball team to stop it from using the Guardians name. The Cleveland Indians announced in July it would change the team’s name to Guardians for the 2022

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For nine months under President Joe Biden, the U.S. has pursued a diplomatic strategy that could be characterized as about China, without China. On security, trade, climate and COVID-19, the Biden White House has tried to reorient the focus of the U.S. and its

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Researchers are worried about coronavirus-related disruptions to one of the U.S. Census Bureau’s most important surveys about how Americans live, saying a gap in the 2020 data will make it more difficult to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measure year-to-year changes. The Census Bureau released a report

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health authorities will offer a second dose to people who have received a shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. But the second shot will be from a different drug manufacturer. Spain’s health ministry said on Wednesday that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has proven to be less effective than

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A suspended Virginia Tech linebacker accused in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. The Roanoke Times reports that Isimemen Etute was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday in the death of Jerry Smith in May. A hearing is scheduled Nov. 18.

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain has sent another minister to Algeria to seek guarantees that its supply of natural gas won’t be impacted when Algeria closes its pipeline through Morocco on Sunday. Algeria provides over a third of Spain’s natural gas. Spanish officials worry that a shortage in supplies will

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says Europe stood out as the only major region worldwide to report an increase in both coronavirus cases and deaths over the last week, with double-digit percentage increases in each. The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that cases in its 53-country European region, which stretches as far

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Young women across the U.K. are boycotting nightclubs and pubs as university cities join in a national “girls night in” protest after increasing reports of drink spiking and students being drugged by needle injections. The campaign has gained momentum in university cities including Bristol, Brighton and Nottingham.

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese man who was critically injured in the massive explosion at Beirut’s port last year has died nearly 15 months after the blast. The cousin of Abbas Mazloum said he died Wednesday morning in his hometown in eastern Lebanon, where he was laid to rest hours

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A U.S. House report says at least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry last year. The report released Wednesday shows the coronavirus hit the industry much harder than previously thought. The United Food and

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s migration minister says the sinking of a migrant boat in the Aegean Sea that cost the lives of four people shows up the flaws of an EU-Turkey deal to stem unchecked westward migratory flows. Notis Mitarachi said on Wednesday that the victims of the accident off the Greek island of

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida-based Mike Boylan has become an online darling among weather junkies who turn to the amateur weather guru to get their hurricane season fix. As Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana in late August, he went live on Facebook to share the storm’s fury with his 1.1

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York judge assigned to a lawsuit alleging Prince Andrew sexually abused an American when she was 17 says a 2008 legal agreement that his lawyer says would protect him against the claims can remain secret. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the ruling