Month: March 2023

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights has expired after more than two months as cases in China have fallen. The restrictions were put in place Dec. 28 and took effect Jan. 5

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican lieutenant governor has apologized after revelations that he interacted on social media with nearly nude photos of a young gay model, as well as other posts by the man and other LGBTQ personalities. With Lt. Gov. Randy McNally as its speaker, the Senate has

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been indicted by a grand jury on capital murder charges for the January shooting death of a 23-year-old woman near campus, defense lawyers confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday. Miles was charged with capital murder in the shooting death of

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would cap some of the damages West Virginia workers and their families can receive if their employer deliberately puts them in harm’s way on the job is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice. The Republican governor has not indicated whether he

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sign of a deepening rift among Democrats on energy issues, conservative Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee oil and gas leasing at the Interior Department. Manchin, of West Virginia, chairs the Senate Energy and

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press A firefighter who died in an explosive blaze in Buffalo last week was remembered at his funeral as a talented cook and public servant who loved his family and his city. Jason Arno enrolled in the fire academy in his 30s after a career in restaurants. His brother Delton Arno

By PATRICK WHITTLE MONROE, Maine (AP) — Police arrested a 10-year-old student in Maine after the student arrived on school grounds with a firearm on Friday. No one was injured, the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office said. The office said it arrived at Monroe Elementary School in Monroe on Friday just before 9 a.m. after fielding

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Education launched a hotline this week for people to report classroom lessons that use critical race theory or emotional support curriculum. The Arizona Republic reports the “Empower Hotline” was a key campaign promise of Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, who promised to focus on math and

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include the return of “Ted Lasso” with all the heart and one-liners we’ve come to expect, a re-telling of “Marie Antoinette” on PBS and Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon playing reporters on the trail of a serial killer in Hulu’s “The Boston Strangler.” Appropriate for St.

By The Associated Press The latest Russian missile barrage against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure has marked one of the largest such attacks in months. On Thursday, Russia fired over 80 missiles in a massive effort to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and cripple the country’s energy system. Russia has been regularly launching similar strikes since October in

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market has once again confounded expectations. The nation’s employers added a hefty 311,000 jobs last month, easily surpassing the 208,000 gain that forecasters had expected. The latest evidence that businesses’ demand for workers is still robust complicates things for the inflation fighters at

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — The University of Rhode Island has removed a partial Malcolm X quote from the facade of its main library that some people say misrepresented the fuller meaning of the civil rights leader’s message. The university in a statement Friday says the inscription on the Robert L. Carothers Library installed in 1992

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley’s top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th-largest bank, failed after depositors hurried

By AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to the Russian intelligence community are planning to stage protests in Moldova in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says intelligence shows

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is suing the operator of the state’s 23 highway rest stops. The state alleges that New Haven-based Project Service is refusing to pay more than $2.7 million in back wages to food service workers for Subway, Dunkin’ and other restaurant chains. State Attorney General William Tong announced the lawsuit Friday.

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A federal judge has rejected former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s bid to remain free while he appeals his conviction for crimes he committed during a blood-testing scam he orchestrated with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. The 17-page ruling issued late Thursday pushes Balwani, 57, a step

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for walking to class instead of stopping and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are suing the teacher, principal, school district and state education officials. Marissa Barnwell said she was

By ALFREDO PEÑA, HILARY POWELL and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — The anonymous tip that led Mexican authorities to a remote shack where four abducted Americans were held described armed men, people wearing blindfolds and plenty of activity around a ranch. Authorities headed for the rural area east of Matamoros on

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic ties has wide-reaching effects across the Middle East and beyond, and reduces the chance of armed conflict between regional rivals. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran are deeply embroiled in Yemen’s yearslong civil war which the kingdom entered in 2015,

BERLIN (AP) — The last known survivor of a German group known as the White Rose that actively resisted the Nazis has died. Traute Lafrenz was 103. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences to her family Friday. He described Lafrenz as a “wonderful and immeasurably brave woman.” An obituary published in The Charleston Post

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “A toast to the disruptors,” Edward Norton’s tech billionaire says in Rian Johnson’s Oscar-nominated “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” And why not a toast? Sunday’s Academy Awards won’t give a prize for best villain, but if they did, Miles Bron would win it in

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger next week as the Biden administration accelerates a push to engage with Africa to counter China’s growing influence on the continent. The State Department says Blinken will visit Addis Ababa and Niamey starting on Tuesday

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Former England captain Gary Lineker has been temporarily removed from his role as presenter of the BBC’s flagship soccer highlights show in the wake of his criticism of the British government’s new asylum policy. The BBC says the long-running “Match of the Day” program will now be aired on