Month: December 2021

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who died when her car went into the icy rapids above Niagara Falls likely drove into the river…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Noncitizens in the country’s most populous city are closer to gaining the right to vote in…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A once-standout U.S. narcotics agent who used his badge to build a lavish…

Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A student at an aeronautical university in Florida was arrested after authorities received tips from…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has brushed aside complaints about prosecutors’ move to shut down one of the country’s most…

By ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against an effort by former President Donald…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.N. political chief says she had “frank and useful” discussions with a wide range of Afghans including senior…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has declared an emergency over the state’s chronic…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Allegations from the U.S. government that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has rejected a takeover offer from the Alden Global Capital hedge fund that is…

BOSTON (AP) — A former media company CEO who authorities say paid more than $500,000 to get her two children into elite universities has been…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s capital city has agreed to pay $5.75 million to people injured during…

By JOCELYN GECKER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press The Los Angeles Board of Education has chosen the longtime superintendent of Miami-Dade County…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has lost another costly court ruling over his coal companies’ environmental…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California truck drivers will soon have to worry about pollution tickets along with…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is moving ahead with a fast-track plan for raising the debt limit. A key hurdle was…

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic diocese in Michigan is asking its pastors to deny baptism, confirmation and other sacraments to transgender and…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Draft maps for new congressional districts in Virginia would provide Democrats a…

By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say fossilized tracks from 120 million years ago show two-legged dinosaurs ran fast.…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby,…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly has voted to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of…