Puerto Rico to limit alcohol sales, gatherings amid pandemic
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has announced new restrictions to fight a rise in COVID-19…
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Saints working 500 miles from home after displaced by Ida
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are at the home of another NFL team after being displaced by…
Continue Reading Missouri prosecutor files motion to free longtime inmate
By MARGARET STAFFORD and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has filed a motion asking a judge to…
Continue Reading As districts insist on vaccines, some teachers push back
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A growing number of communities are moving to require teachers to…
Continue Reading Astronaut gets special ice cream delivery for 50th birthday
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present…
Continue Reading Return to school filled with uncertainty in Mexico
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — With bottles of gel, temperature checks and wide-open windows a new school year has begun for…
Continue Reading West Virginia woman pleads guilty to entering US Capitol
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A college student from Hurricane, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to entering the U.S.…
Continue Reading ‘Unprecedented’ NYC subway breakdown sparked by power surge
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says a “sequence of failures” in New York City’s subway system…
Continue Reading Fresh arms: Playoff teams all featuring new starting QBs
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer New quarterbacks are leading last year’s College Football Playoff teams. They range from Alabama’s prized…
Continue Reading 30 kph max: Paris shrinks speed limit to protect climate
By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The speed limit for most of Paris is now 30 kilometers per hour (less than…
Continue Reading Three Afghan children poisoned by mushrooms picked in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say three Afghan children staying at a refugee center fell ill after eating poisonous mushrooms picked in…
Continue Reading Last-place Pirates fire hitting coach Rick Eckstein
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The last-place Pittsburgh Pirates have fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein. The Pirates have struggled to produce offense all…
Continue Reading Cardinal to begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal says he will soon begin rehabilitation after…
Continue Reading Robbers escape with hostages atop cars in Brazil bank heist
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bank robbers armed with explosives and high-powered rifles plunged a city in Sao Paulo…
Continue Reading EU mission helps Kosovo with database on war crimes
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission in Kosovo said Monday it has assisted the country’s police in developing a database to…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Kate forms in Atlantic; no threat to land
MIAMI (AP) — A depression far offshore in the Atlantic has strengthened into a tropical storm but poses no threat to land. The U.S. National…
Continue Reading Weah to miss opening qualifiers; Pulisic trains with US
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Forward Tim Weah is hurt and will miss the United States’ opening three World Cup qualifiers. Weah was injured during…
Continue Reading Chicago agency probes officer’s encounter with Black woman
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor: $680K for election probe is ‘outrageous’
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says it is “outrageous” that Republicans plan to…
Continue Reading Fighting in southern Syria city kills 4 soldiers, 1 civilian
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have shelled rebel-held parts of a volatile southern city killing at least one person, while insurgent…
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