Month: December 2021

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s justice minister has asked his nation’s constitutional court to rule on whether a new European Union rule…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps discharged 66 Marines in the past week for refusing to get the coronavirus…

By MARK SHERMAN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has turned to the Supreme Court in a…

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A Muskogee, Oklahoma, sixth-grader has been honored by law enforcement and school officials for his heroic actions not just…

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have requested permission to appeal a ruling that opened the door for his extradition…

By VANESSA GERA and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Security researchers say they’ve confirmed that a third Polish…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mona Hardin is haunted by the body-camera images of her son Ronald Greene…

OSSEO, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in western Wisconsin are trying to sort out multiple crashes along Interstate 94. The State Patrol said in a…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Jason Bateman has been named the 2022 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government has announced that its forces will not advance deeper into the Tigray region. The…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A crew cutting down a dying oak at the University of Nebraska has made a surprising find — flying squirrels. A video shot by…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press During the holidays, some faith groups and congregations across the United States work to bring…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mona Hardin is haunted by the body-camera images of her son Ronald Greene…

By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses say explosions have killed several people in northeast Nigeria ahead of a visit…

CAIRO (AP) — A prominent Egyptian human rights activist has been released after serving her sentence on charges of spreading false news and…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The actor who played Kevin’s older brother in the classic Christmas movie “Home Alone” has been arrested in Oklahoma…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s 2nd congressional district has the dubious distinction of having the…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The official seal of the City of Atlanta shows a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War.…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has signaled her efforts to appeal to moderate Republican and…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Wrkiter WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new single-family homes rose 12.4% in November, the fastest pace in seven…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have authorized a second pill against COVID-19, an antiviral drug from Merck…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press ORLANDO (AP) — Universal Orlando is reinstating its mask requirements beginning Christmas Eve as COVID-19…

BY ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Coronavirus outbreaks at Leeds and Watford have led to two Premier League matches scheduled for…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s new foreign minister has pledged to speed up efforts to get thousands of former local employees and other endangered…

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Authorities say five people have died after a small passenger plane crashed in eastern…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Wrkter WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose 5.7% over the past year, the fastest pace in 39 years as a…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has apologized for a large leak of personal records from a government database of state and…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run agency says a joint Turkish and Qatari delegation is traveling to Afghanistan to discuss plans for…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, remaining at a historically…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Christmas concerts and other events have been canceled in Greece under new restrictions that include a general mask mandate…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has removed the head of the Vatican office that handles the high-priority issues of…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has again ruled to keep businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala behind bars, despite a decision from…