Month: November 2021

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says atomic power can play a key role in balancing climate concerns and the world’s energy needs. Many environmentalists have long been skeptical of atomic power. They cite the potential for disastrous accidents and the lingering issue of what

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Josh Hawley is coming to the defense of the American male. The Republican senator from Missouri spoke Sunday night at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida. According to a text of his speech provided by his office, Hawley accused liberals in government, the media and entertainment of defining “the

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat has urged Sudan’s top general to restore the country’s civilian-led government and free officials and politicians detained in connection with last week’s coup. The call by U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffery Feltman on Tuesday comes as mediation efforts are

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — China’s climate envoy is defending his country’s pace of emissions cuts at the Glasgow, Scotland climate summit. Veteran climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua spoke to reporters at a press conference at the summit Tuesday. China’s dependence on coal power helps make it the biggest current climate polluter,

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The key witness against a Colombian police captain who leaked sensitive information about U.S. anti-narcotics investigations has been given a sharply reduced sentence for his help. It’s a case that has highlighted concerns about the Drug Enforcement Administration’s operations overseas. Judge Robert Scola sided with federal prosecutors

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries. That narrows prosecutors’ focus on the troopers seen on body camera video beating,

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has announced tougher restrictions on most activities for unvaccinated people, as the country registered a record high in new infections for the second day in a row. Health Minister Thanos Pevris says the measures will take effect Saturday. Greece on Tuesday recorded 6,700 new COVID-19 infections and 59 deaths. Some

By EMILY HAYNES and MICHAEL THEIS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy In the wake of the most devastating public-health emergency in a century and the resulting economic uncertainty, Americans provided more charitable dollars to United Way Worldwide than any other nonprofit focused on direct aid, followed by the Salvation Army and St.

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Huma Abedin is ready to speak. And she’s doing it with gusto. The ever-loyal aide to Hillary Clinton and the ever-suffering wife of Anthony Weiner has written a 500-page memoir dissecting the three relationships that have largely defined her: Her parents, her boss, and her

By DAVID A. LIEB and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Maine voters have created the nation’s first constitutional right to grow and eat food. The Maine measure approved Tuesday was one of several ballot issues in states seeking to create new constitutional rights. Early results showed Texas voters supporting a constitutional right for nursing home residents

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders have released Henry Ruggs III just hours before the promising young receiver faced an initial court appearance on multiple felony charges after a fiery crash that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured. According to police, Ruggs was

By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete faceprints of more than 1 billion people. The unexpected announcement, delivered with little fanfare in a blog post published Tuesday, represents an abrupt about-face for the social network, which first launched

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants to spend the last $17 million of his COVID-19 education relief money to fully pay for anyone to go to a technical college for two years to train to enter high demand jobs. The governor’s s senior education advisor and

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The United Nations mission in Central African Republic says presidential guards opened fire on Egyptian peacekeepers near the presidential palace, injuring at least 10 of them. Two others were struck by a U.N. vehicle as it fled the scene including one young woman

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Mama” along with galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and late mother are among the features in a massive touring museum exhibit. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday that “Tupac Shakur.

PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of the Islamic State cell that attacked Paris in November 2015 is coming under public questioning for the first time in France. Salah Abdeslam discarded a malfunctioning explosive vest on Nov. 13, 2015 and fled home to Belgium. He is one of 20 men on trial for the coordinated

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government has declared a national state of emergency as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital and the country’s yearlong war escalates quickly. The United States says security has “deteriorated significantly” and it strongly warned its citizens to consider leaving. The declaration by

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A conservative Christian university in Alabama has withdrawn an invitation for Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham to speak during inaugural activities for its new president. Samford University in suburban Birmingham announced the cancellation of Meacham’s appearance after an online petition cited his speeches to Planned Parenthood,

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has frozen the assets of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh as he sits in jail being held without bond. Judge Daniel Hall on Tuesday sided with an attorney suing Murdaugh on behalf of the family of a 19-year-old woman killed in a crash

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Justice Department is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the industry. It says consolidation would hurt authors and readers. German media giant Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House is already the largest American publisher. It wants to buy New York-based Simon & Schuster,

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The head of the U.N. food aid agency says the drought-stricken island nation of Madagascar is a “wake up call” to what the world can expect in coming years due to climate change. David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program, told The Associated Press on

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin has made public the names of jurors who convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the death of George Floyd. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill also Monday released the names of alternates who watched the trial but did not

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A TV station says a Los Angeles police helicopter recorded images of what appeared to be a human-shaped inflatable toy floating in the sky about two weeks after the second of three airline crew reports of a possible jetpack flier. KNBC-TV reports the helicopter crew took photos and video of the

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A month after a Southern California offshore oil spill, environmental advocates say they plan to sue the federal government over the failure to review and update plans for platforms off thecoast. The Center for Biological Diversity says it sent notice Tuesday to the Secretary of the Interior of its intent

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of public land despite concluding that burning fossil fuels from those parcels could carry huge costs and contribute to climate change. Burning oil, natural gas and coal from federally owned lands

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Moderate candidates were leading in early Seattle election returns following a months-long debate about how to address the city’s problems of homelessness, policing and racial and economic injustice. In the mayor’s race Tuesday, Bruce Harrell, a former City Council president, was ahead of current City Council President

NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s investigation refutes allegations that a Florida Panhandle teacher subjected her students to pornography by letting them watch the R-rated movie “Alexander.” Parents of a 15-year-old girl told school officials she was traumatized by the Niceville High School teacher showing a movie that they considered to be “porn.” Okaloosa County

By EMILIO MORENATTI and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LAS MANCHAS DE ABAJO, Canary Islands (AP) — Antonio Álvarez lost his home and two business. Then he had to watch the lava devour the dozen acres he dedicated to growing the Canary Island banana. Álvarez is one of thousands of farmers and workers on Spain’s La

By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the war-scarred Balkan nation could face the biggest “existential threat of the post-war period” if the international community does not curb threatened separatist actions by Bosnian Serbs. High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt said “the