Month: October 2021

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 4,000 people outraged over ongoing power outages in the U.S. territory of…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An elementary school teacher in South Carolina has surrendered on accusations of having marijuana edibles in a student prize…

By MATTHEW DALY and PADMANANDA RAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Vice-President Hamilton Mourão has said that a deployment of soldiers to…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats are poised to approve new congressional district maps that would give Democratic…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s prime minister announced a series of steps on Friday for his country’s transition to democracy less than a month after a…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A central California county executive is pledging immediate changes after a news report revealed that vulnerable children…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has added the Pacific leatherback sea turtle to its endangered species list. The California…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are setting the stage for a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign for…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from the White House, Donald Trump continues to circle the Republican Party.…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida task force is recommending several changes in the state’s…

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Chicago has denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett is accused of…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have added two publishers to their list of foreign agents, in what critics say is an ongoing effort to sideline…

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor has ruled that a police officer who shot and paralyzed a man in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, in April acted legally…

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A military judge has issued a reprimand for a Marine lieutenant colonel and ordered him to forfeit $5,000 in pay for his…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police departments that are requiring officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are running…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Constitutional Court says it will examine the legality of parliament’s…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Amazon’s audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has banned most abortions since early September under a new law that has created the…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A watercolor by Vincent van Gogh that was seized by the Nazis during World War II will be sold…