Month: November 2021

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Traveling this holiday season can be safe if you’re fully vaccinated for COVID-19. For those who haven’t gotten their shots, officials advise delaying travel. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also says not to travel if you’re sick, or if you tested positive for COVID-19 and your

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian parliamentary commission has recommended stripping a lawmaker in the lower house of his immunity from prosecution as he faces charges over the illegal killing of an elk. Valery Rashkin, 66, first denied the charges but then confessed to killing the elk without a hunting license. Some Russian media have alleged

BOSTON (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue are asking a federal judge to throw out the government’s effort to block a deal between the two airlines that has them working together on service in the Northeast. The airlines filed a motion Monday in federal district court to dismiss the Justice Department’s lawsuit. Under the Trump

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has formally cleared four Black men who were falsely accused of raping a white woman more than seven decades ago. At the request of the local prosecutor, a judge on Monday dismissed the charges and convictions against the Groveland Four: Ernest Thomas, Samuel Shepherd,

BERLIN (AP) — Amazon says it plans to cut the use of plastic packaging in Germany following complaints that the online retailer is contributing to growing mountains of waste. The company said Monday that its German logistics center will replace all single-use plastic packages with paper-based bags or cardboard boxes by the end of the

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III received a stern talking-to from a Las Vegas judge but was allowed to remain on house arrest with a continuous alcohol monitor on one ankle and a GPS monitor on the other following a fatal crash he’s accused of

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he has completed his three-year prison term and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement investigations. Cohen left Manhattan federal court Monday after signing documents and speaking with authorities about his three-year term of supervised release. Cohen was sentenced to

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is suspending his campaign after he lost a court fight over custody of his three children. In a statement, Sean Parnell said he cannot continue his campaign. The high-stakes campaign in the battleground

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Assault charges will be dropped against a former suburban St. Louis police officer who shot a shoplifting suspect in a decision reached after the victim and the ex-officer participated in a mediation aimed at resolving conflict. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said Monday that Ashley Fountain Hall asked

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense cost cuts and layoffs, has offered to buy the local newspaper chain Lee Enterprises for about $141 million. Alden said in a Monday press release that it sent Lee’s board a letter

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee was in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he killed five people and injured 48. Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Monday there’s no evidence the man knew

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The French military has denied injuring civilians in Burkina Faso when firing warning shots to disperse protesters who had blocked its military convoy. Many people in Burkina Faso are angry that the former colonial power is not doing more to protect them in the West

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked higher in October, marking their strongest pace since January, even as resilient demand and competition for relatively few properties on the market kept prices climbing. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that existing homes sales rose 0.8% last month from September

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Former President Barack Obama’s foundation says it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date. Separately, New York University Langone Health said it has received a $166 million gift from Bezos and his

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s Brit Awards are scrapping separate male and female artist categories in a shakeup designed to make the music prizes more inclusive. Next year’s awards will feature trophies for U.K. and international artist of the year, replacing male and female awards in each category. Organizers say the change will celebrate artists

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Pakistani authorities to stop forcibly disappearing suspected militants for years without trial, calling the practice “abhorrent.” In a report entitled “Living Ghosts” released on Monday, the rights group describes the difficulties faced by the families of the disappeared in obtaining information about their detained relatives. It says that

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of residents in the southeast English coastal resort of Southend have paid their respects to their longtime member of Parliament. David Amess was stabbed to death last month while meeting with his constituents. Amess’ coffin was taken by a horse-drawn hearse after a funeral service in

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has rejected a claim that the Memphis, Tennessee, area has been taking water that belongs to Mississippi from an underground aquifer that sits beneath parts of both states. The high court’s first decision of the term came in a case argued in October, deflating expectations that the justices

CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Three people have died in a plane crash in northwest Nebraska. The Star-Herald reports the pilot and two passengers died Sunday when the plane went down near Chadron, Nebraska. The Dawes County Attorney’s Office says witnesses called police saying they saw a fireball or explosion near Chadron. The National Transportation Safety

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities. The funding will go to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and