Month: July 2022

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper union drives. Under the policy shared with workers on Amazon’s internal app, employees are barred from accessing buildings or other working areas on their scheduled days off, and before or after their shifts.

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a string of 14 No. 1 hits, country star Luke Combs made the professional leap into stadiums this year on his ascent to the genre’s peak. But at home, his focus now is on being a new parent after the birth of his

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For three days, authorities combed the turquoise waters north of Puerto Rico searching for 23-year-old Harold Carrión, who was reported missing earlier this week and feared drowned at a popular beach. The U.S. Coast Guard said it scoured an area half the size of the U.S. territory as Puerto

By RAMI MUSA Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Protesters in the Libyan city of Tobruk have broken into the eastern Libya-based parliament and set fire to parts of it amid protests over months of failed efforts to set the divided country on a path toward elections. Protests demanding elections also were held in other

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years — going against the Democrat’s climate promises but scaling back a Trump-era

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.; Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Mayorkas; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” —

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arizona has been violating the constitutional rights of incarcerated people in state-run prisons by providing them with inadequate medical and mental health care. Judge Roslyn Silver said the problems stem largely from not having enough health employees to care for the roughly

MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — Police say a 1-year-old infant has died in North Carolina after being left inside a hot car by the father after he went to work. Police in the community of Mebane told local media outlets officers got a call shortly after midday Friday about a child in a car at a

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and their aligned groups raised more than $80 million in the week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion. The flood of cash offers one of the first tangible signs that the ruling may energize voters. But party officials

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a toddler has been found dead in a canal near a Florida apartment complex. Bradenton police say someone called 911 Friday morning to report what appeared to be a child in a canal near the Carlton Arms Apartments. The person pulled the child from the water and waited for

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled more than 21% in the second quarter compared with a year ago as the global semiconductor shortage continued to cause production problems for the industry. Yet demand continued to outstrip supply from April through June, even with $5 per gallon gasoline,

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pressing on with with his campaign to obtain support from Latin America. He made phone calls Friday to the presidents of Argentina and Chile. The conversations with the Argentine and Chilean leaders came a little more than two weeks after Zelenskyy spoke with his counterparts

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A United Nations conference has warned that measures needed to protect the world’s oceans are lagging and has urged countries to accelerate their implementation. Senior officials, scientists and activists from more than 120 countries attended a five-day U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. A declaration published on the final day Friday

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is considering what guidelines to place on questions that can be asked of Georgia state lawmakers called before a special grand jury investigation into possible attempts to influence the 2020 election in the state. The investigation into actions by former President Donald Trump began last

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona. The Higgins landing craft that has long been 185 feet (56 meters) below the surface is now nearly halfway out of the water at Lake Mead. The

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — One of the most trusted advisers to former Cuban President Raul Castro and head of the country’s military business division has died at age 62. The Communist Party and official news media say Gen. Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja died Friday of cardiopulmonary arrest. López-Calleja was also a

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has applied for a permit to hold a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day 2023. The National Park Service has denied her permit applications for the past two years, citing environmental concerns and objections from Native American

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavily reliance on long-range strikes in the war. The Pentagon said Friday it would also provide the Ukrainians with up

By FELICIA FONSECA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say. The Wednesday

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it has added new restrictions on untraceable “ghost guns” and limiting marketing firearms to minors. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he signed the laws. The first requires firearms parts to have serial numbers. It