Month: December 2021

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state’s death toll from devastating tornadoes earlier this month…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says its fighter jets were scrambled hundreds of times this year to intercept aircraft flying too close to its borders. Most…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A referendum allowing Mexicans to vote midterm on whether the president should remain in…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An autopsy report says that a Black youth’s death following a physical struggle with staff at…

WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — Two children were killed and another four children were hospitalized with injuries when a car plowed into them and fled…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off. Flu hospitalizations are rising and the…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released Monday shows Los Angeles police firing at a man…

TROY, Mich. (AP) — Police say they believe a 23-year-old man fatally shot his twin brother and shot and wounded their father before apparently…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who test…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — The wingtip of a plane loaded with passengers clipped the auxiliary power unit of a parked empty aircraft nearby as it…

PARIS (AP) — The French government has announced new COVID-19 measures in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. But authorities stopped short…

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia have closed a road in one neighborhood after a mother bear and three cubs were spotted napping in a…

HONOLULU (AP) — Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has purchased more land in Hawaii, including most of a reservoir that unleashed a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artist Wayne Thiebaud, who was known for his colorful and luscious paintings of cakes, gum ball machines and other everyday…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has called for an end to an 11-week deadlock that has prevented the government from convening, further…

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Police say three teenagers were killed and a fourth was critically wounded when another teen opened fire inside a Dallas-area…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship remains in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, with about two…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan in New Orleans has given birth to a healthy male baby, but his twin brother died in…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities say bird flu has killed thousands of migratory cranes and forced farms to kill over 500,000 chickens to…

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. has brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says crews wrapping up the removal of a giant pedestal that once…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say three people have been charged with murder following the death of 16 migrants who were killed when…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia says it is unhappy with the U.S. decision to revoke duty-free access for the East African…

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity” has died. Thomas Lovejoy…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has called Israel’s plans to double the number of settlers living in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government has seized the former embassy and diplomatic offices of Taiwan, saying they belong to China.…