Month: December 2021

HOUSTON (AP) — A group of attorneys and advocates are seeking clemency for 110 Black soldiers who were convicted in a mutiny and riots at a military camp in Houston in 1917. The Houston Chronicle reports that the South Texas College of Law Houston and the NAACP have signed an agreement pledging to continue fighting

VIENNA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Vienna residents have turned out to participate in a “sea of lights” commemoration for the more than 13,000 Austrians who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. The event, which was supported by dozens of civil society organizations, drew more than 30,000 people. They organized a chain of more

CRAWFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi town has canceled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings. Crawford Mayor Willie Parson tells WCBI-TV that people are shooting 30 or 40 rounds at a time. Authorities have said that only one person has been injured so far, but bullets have hit a number of

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped by 6 cents over the past two weeks to $3.41 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that prices have been falling for a month due to lower crude oil costs. Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is walking a political tightrope as he faces increasing attacks from both friends and enemies amid a surge in COVID-19 infections. For the second winter in a row, Johnson is betting vaccines will be his savior, urging everyone to get booster shots

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles flocked to city centers across the country to defend a U.S.-owned television network that is being targeted by the right-wing government. The protests Sunday evening are seeking to protect media freedom in a European Union nation where democratic norms are eroding. The protests were called

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say 15 historical artifacts stolen almost a half-century ago from a number of Pennsylvania museums have been returned to the institutions. The FBI’s Philadelphia office said the FBI art crime team and other law enforcement agencies repatriated the 18th and 19th century rifles and pistols as well as a Native

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police department says one of its officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing his ex-wife’s 13-year-old daughter inside a home. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says the teenager was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries on Saturday. Police say the girl’s mother fled after the man

ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special rapporteur of the United Nations says the international community should cut off Myanmar’s military as part of a strategy to put pressure on the military junta to help resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in

A grandmother says two babies have survived a Kentucky tornado last weekend that ripped the bathtub they were in out of the ground, tossing it with them inside. Clara Lutz told WFIE-TV she put 15-month-old Kaden and 3-month-old Dallas in the bathtub last Friday with a blanket, a pillow and a Bible. She says the

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot. Despite rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” not only shattered pandemic-era box office records; it became the third best opening of all time behind “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” Studio estimates on

MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Russia have evacuated 128 coal miners from a coal mine in Siberia amid reports of a fire in one of the mine’s sections. The evacuations Sunday come weeks after a devastating blast in another coal mine in the same region killed 51 people. Emergency officials told Russia’s Interfax news agency

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says that it will no longer censor films released in cinemas, the country’s latest effort to boost its brand as a liberal hub attractive to foreigners. Instead of cutting sensitive scenes that could offend traditional Islamic sensibilities, the Emirati media regulatory authority announced it will

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has held one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates for years, with fewer than two million people and plenty of jobs to go around. That rate has hit new lows thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, with the state announcing the lowest-ever recorded unemployment of 1.8%

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapidly-spreading omicron variant may soon leave U.S. doctors without two of the standard treatments they’ve used to fight COVID-19. Antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to drugs to keep patients out of the hospital. But the drugmakers have warned that their

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson has died. He was 76. His son John Isakson says the former senator died in his sleep before dawn Sunday at his home in Atlanta. Isakson rose from the ranks of the state legislature to become a

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of seven people were discovered inside a twin home in a northwestern Minnesota city but did not say how they died. Police said the victims included four adults and three children. They were found just before 8 p.m. Saturday by family members conducting a welfare check at

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The White House’s top medical adviser says the COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world.” And President Joe Biden is planning on Tuesday to give what his press secretary says is “a stark warning of what the winter will look like” for unvaccinated Americans.

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In-person attendance at houses of worship across the U.S. has slowly risen from dramatically low levels when the pandemic surged in the spring of 2020. But in many cases, attendance is still not back to pre-pandemic levels — and in some cases, it’s less than half. For example, the

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has not done enough to support Lebanon, grappling with a dire economic crisis and home to over 1 million Syrian refugees. The UN leader has urged more support at the start of a three-day visit on Sunday to