Month: November 2023

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Lewiston, Maine, takes another step in its recovery from the state’s worst mas…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has declared a state of emergency after officials revealed last week that tap…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are trying a new workaround to confirm hundreds of…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has offered more detail about its initiative to create a sea corridor for…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its…

By HOLLY RAMER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A history of mental illness. An…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press If Henry Winkler is not a morning person, it’s impossible to tell. He’s logged onto Zoom for an…

Associated Press Delta Air Lines says the pilot accused of threatening to shoot the plane’s captain during a flight no longer works for the…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A court says Pennsylvania can’t enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The time to shop for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act’s coverage marketplaces is back. Experts and…

ROME (AP) — Italian politicians and Jewish leaders are condemning the antisemitic vandalizing of four memorial plaques. The tiny plaques are…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday, shuttering school…

NEW YORK (AP) — An 80-foot-tall (24-meter) Norway spruce from the Binghamton area has been selected as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has announced a sharp increase in passenger fares on the Chinese-built Standard…

The Associated Press The Associated Press news website experienced an outage that appeared to be consistent with a denial-of-service attack, a…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of the Keystone pipeline system and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas says she won’t seek reelection in 2024. The Republican chairwoman of the powerful…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish prosecution dismissed two separate cases against former defense minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, and ex-head of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a closing argument, a prosecutor told a New York jury to follow overwhelming evidence and…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say an international conference seeking to reconstruct one of Libya’s coastal…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has expelled a Russian journalist for allegedly engaging in activities that pose a threat to the country’s…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The extension of the U.S. program allowing sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 9.6 million job openings in September, up from 9.5 million in August and a…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved legislation that would allow asylum-seekers to start working…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SANTA MARÍA ATZOMPA, México (AP) — Ana Martínez is eager to welcome her deceased loved ones back…

LONDON (AP) — Police in England say two more men have been arrested in the investigation into who cut down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree.…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — France, England and countries across western Europe are bracing for what meteorologists warn could be…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Israel’s ambassador to Moscow offered new details of the weekend riots at an airport…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisiana’s oversight of…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is pressing Catholic theologians to be more in tune with the challenges…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (AP) — It’s as if Narcissus Quagliata is painting with light. He sprinkles…