No more free COVID tests as nationwide public health emergency ends May 11
At-home COVID test kits are convenient and sometimes free. When the nationwide public health emergency ends on May 11th, so will government funds…
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FDA approves first RSV vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s first RSV vaccine for adults ages 60 and…
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Democrats pressure GOP on debt limit, spending cuts
Senate Democrats pressured Republicans on the debt ceiling impasse Thursday, focused in a hearing on what they say will be painful reductions in…
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Waymo robotaxis make more inroads in Phoenix, San Francisco
Self-driving car pioneer Waymo announced Thursday that its robotaxis will be able to carry passengers through most of the Phoenix area for the first…
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Biden issues order setting path for sanctions in Sudan
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order setting the path to sanction individuals…
Continue Reading Trump calls accuser a ‘nut job’ in recording played for jury
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors heard former President Donald Trump blast a woman who accused him of…
Continue Reading Some call NYC subway choking criminal, others hold judgment
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The choking death of a man at the hands of another New York subway rider…
Continue Reading New York, California probing workplace discrimination at NFL
NEW YORK (AP) — The attorneys general of New York and California announced Thursday that they are investigating allegations of workplace…
Continue Reading Debt limit deadline looms as Democrats, GOP spar on spending
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are trying hard to pressure Republicans into resolving the menacing impasse on…
Continue Reading Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and…
Continue Reading Cycling body to review transgender rules after US race
AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Cycling Union says it will review its rules regulating transgender athletes and expects to make a fresh…
Continue Reading Spain expresses backing for Colombia peace plan
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has given his full backing to Colombian President Gustavo…
Continue Reading Oil boom transforms Guyana, prompting a scramble for spoils
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press ANN’S GROVE, Guyana (AP) — Villagers in this tiny coastal community lined up on the soggy grass, leaned into the…
Continue Reading Video Game HOF winners extended reach to girls, grandparents
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2023. The four honorees announced Thursday include the first…
Continue Reading At CPAC, Hungary’s Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights, migration
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister has likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening…
Continue Reading BMW: Don’t drive older models with Takata air bag inflators
DETROIT (AP) — BMW is warning the owners of about 90,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them due to an increasing threat that the air bags…
Continue Reading The banking crisis isn’t over. But how bad will it get?
By KEN SWEET and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty continues to pummel the banking industry, despite assurances from…
Continue Reading In Ukraine’s forests, fighters race to prepare for next push
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL UKRAINE (AP) — The fighters depart at dawn, single-file, rifles slung, compasses in hand, and…
Continue Reading Atlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder
ATLANTA (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder…
Continue Reading Drug plant explosion leaves worker missing at destroyed site
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — A U.S. senator is calling for accountability after an explosion at a pharmaceutical plant in Massachusetts left one…
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