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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in what prosecutors called a “textbook Ponzi scheme” that…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in what prosecutors called a “textbook Ponzi scheme” that…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Several families who live in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon describe their harrowing…
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has expressed…
Continue ReadingMANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — One-time Nicaragua presidential aspirant Cristiana Chamorro and one of her brothers were among five people formally…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida is reporting its deadliest peak since the pandemic began, surpassing previous…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT, SARAH RANKIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas,…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in at least half a dozen states are looking to copy a Texas law…
Continue ReadingDAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Federal marshals have arrested an Ohio man accused of accosting an MSNBC journalist doing a live report by a Mississippi beach…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has agreed to restart 16 defense advisory boards, after…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first Afghan refugee to arrive in Utah since the nation’s swift takeover by…
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A coalition of abortion rights advocates, clinics and advocacy groups have filed a suit seeking to block recent anti-abortion…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the California…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sharply conflicting accounts have emerged of a drone strike the U.S. unleashed earlier…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that the warming of the Arctic due to climate change has increased the number of polar vortex…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Fisk Jubilee Singers, a vocal group at Fisk University whose tradition dates…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — The operator of a limousine company has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove him…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A hundred years have passed in West Virginia since a mine industry conflict sparked the…
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors have filed a more serious charge against the former suburban Minneapolis…
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia prosecutor has been indicted on misconduct charges related to the killing of…
Continue ReadingBy IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America A Texas law that bans most abortions has providers and advocates preparing for an increasing…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Louisiana health officials say four nursing home residents died…
Continue ReadingHAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a revised settlement with U.S. Steel, more than four years after one of the steelmaker’s…
Continue ReadingBy DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police lieutenant has become the fourth member of the department to be arrested on felony…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza health officials say a Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli gunfire…
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona nurse has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman about…
Continue ReadingSHARON HILL, Pa. (AP) — Investigators say it’s likely police fired the shots that killed an 8-year-old girl outside a high school football game…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A prominent conservative attorney representing more than a dozen defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot at…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reject claims by a former New York doctor that his…
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ask Cedric the Entertainer how many streaming subscriptions he shells out for, and he figures…
Continue ReadingTEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — The mother of a man who died after his 2019 arrest following a foot chase has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit…
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Generation Z and some millennials tend to bounce among streaming services in pursuit of…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Supreme Court allowing a new Texas law that bans most abortions has…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG and MARCELA ISAZA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s Simu Liu’s time to take out baddies and be the hero as the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, an organization in South Florida is distributing “trauma kits” to Jewish…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats have an early edge in the California recall election that…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks are calling for the Justice Department’s…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips is getting worse, forcing automakers to temporarily close…
Continue ReadingTHESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say police patrolling the northeastern land border with Turkey have found a migrant with a gunshot…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest Mars rover may have successfully collected its first rock sample…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The government’s road safety agency reported Thursday that U.S. traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press The auto industry has raced ahead on an electric wave with more manufacturers joining the race seemingly every day.…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Meteorologists say natural and man-made forces made Ida deadly and devastating in the New York and New Jersey…
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Bond has been set at $750,000 cash for a Milwaukee man accused of fatally bludgeoning his 12-year-old grandson whom he accused of…
Continue ReadingWATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for her writing on race is joining with educators in Iowa to launch a free…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — ABBA is releasing its first new music in four decades, along with a concert performance that will see the…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says Virgin Galactic can’t launch anyone…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — An intergovernmental conference has taken early steps toward drawing up an agreement to curb plastic…
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) — Since Hurricane Ida, life in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish is a mix of frustration and a…
Continue ReadingA Los Angeles couple who were convicted of helping steal $18 million in COVID-19 relief funds are on the lam after cutting off their ankle…
Continue ReadingBy RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge is ordering a prominent participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after…
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging robust federal help for the Northeastern and…
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Authorities say they are trying to identify the two pilots and two passengers who died aboard a…
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Documents obtained by The Associated Press show two senior Olympic officials from Kuwait have been…
Continue ReadingMOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A tornado that ripped through Mullica Hill, New Jersey, on Wednesday evening is believed to have had an EF-3 rating, with winds…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of…
Continue ReadingBy NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has held talks in Cairo with the King of Jordan and the president of the…
Continue ReadingMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. The…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping says China will set up its third stock exchange to serve private companies in the capital, Beijing. The step…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Qatar’s top diplomat says that experts are racing to…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared a state of emergency in areas along…
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has announced his new cabinet in which women form the majority, keeping most of his previous…
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and has withdrawn…
Continue ReadingBLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say twin 20-month-old boys found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina daycare had likely…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The latest adventure for “Game of Thrones” actor Gwendoline Christie is the audiobook for one of publishing’s most…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous…
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA REY and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Few places in the world have soccer fans more passionate than…
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state communications watchdog has warned Apple and Google that they could face…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A landmark settlement in the nation’s opioid epidemic is forcing the owners of OxyContin maker…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry investigating child sexual abuse in a wide range of religious organizations and settings in…
Continue ReadingDULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Parts of the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will reopen Saturday as firefighters make progress fighting…
Continue ReadingBY DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled that the state can take down an…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will begin administering booster shots against COVID-19 to people over 65, those with weakened immune systems…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program offering cash incentives for out-of-state workers to move to West Virginia has…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A growing number of companies big and small are now dropping requirements that made…
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Traffic at Florida’s busiest airport this holiday weekend is forecast to exceed pre-pandemic crowds.…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 340,000, a pandemic…
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The future of steel production at a sprawling plant west of Amsterdam is being called into question after an…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A humanitarian aid group that monitors the plight of migrants taking perilous seaborne routes to Spain fears that 21 women and one…
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vaccine doses produced by a plant in South Africa will no longer be exported to Europe…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters to promote…
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rowers, kayakers and other users of the Chicago River are getting a real-time look at one measure…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer After over a decade away from film, New Zealand’s Jane Campion returns to the form with “The Power of the…
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country’s Interior Ministry has approved a new hard-line mayor for the capital,…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of Greek health care workers accompanied by ambulances with sirens blaring have marched through central Athens to…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have filed charges against six suspects in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden…
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is urging countries to ramp up their primary…
Continue ReadingBy BEV O’SHEA of NerdWallet Medical bills can throw a wrench in anyone’s budget. If you’re also trying to maintain a good credit score, the…
Continue ReadingBy OLEG CETINIC and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Twelve million children in France are back to school for the new…
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says 16 people were killed and 12 injured in the country’s west when a mini-bus plunged off a road into a…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian lawmakers have decided that the country will go to the polls on Nov. 14 to elect a new president. A parliamentary…
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The death of a top separatist leader in disputed Kashmir has sparked a…
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRDO CASTLE, Slovenia (AP) — European Union ministers discussed Thursday their options to beef up the…
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