Navajo Nation reports 46 COVID-19 cases, no virus deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 46 additional COVID-19 cases and no deaths as of Sunday. The tribe has seen nearly 33,000…
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French giant signs mega deals with Iraq for oil, gas, water
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — French energy giant Total has signed mega contracts with Iraq worth $27 billion to develop oil…
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Arizona interest in anti-mask school vouchers outpaces funds
Governor Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.) announced Tuesday, August 14, plans to allot $163 million in rewards for schools that maintain in-person…
Continue Reading Arizona reports 2,378 COVID-19 cases, 1 addition death
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in Arizona have reported 2,378 additional COVID-19 cases and one addition death from the virus as of Monday. The state had…
Continue Reading Myanmar court extends pre-trial detention of US journalist
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar extended for two weeks the pre-trial detention of Danny Fenster, an American journalist in the military-led…
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Police investigating 4 Argentines over WCup qualifier chaos
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police is investigating four Argentina footballers for allegedly…
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Parolee arrested in connection with woman killed in home
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man released from custody in June with a pending auto theft case has been arrested in the killing of a Northern…
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Girl, 6, dies on mine drop ride at Colorado amusement park
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a 6-year-old girl died at an amusement park in the western Colorado town of…
Continue Reading Plea and a trial loom in next month for Giuliani associates
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani and a guilty…
Continue Reading Michigan WR Ronnie Bell out for season with knee injury
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says senior receiver Ronnie Bell is out for the year with a knee…
Continue ReadingThe US workforce has gotten significantly older and more diverse
America’s workforce is considerably older and more diverse than it was 40-some years ago.
Federal labor economists recently analyzed federal labor…
Continue Reading Law firm: Attorney whose wife, son were killed took money
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to…
Continue Reading New Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida
By KEVIN MCGILL and JEFF MARTIN NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials in New Orleans say they will thoroughly inspect senior living apartments in the…
Continue Reading Jets’ Crowder remains day to day with COVID-19 symptoms
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets wide receiver Jamison Crowder is recovering from symptoms of COVID-19 and…
Continue Reading Police staffing woes complicate reform effort in Baltimore
By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s police force is struggling to meet staffing targets to fully comply with a…
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Do ATVs belong on roads? Towns are abuzz on perks, drawbacks
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MORRISTOWN, Vt. (AP) — Rural communities across the country are wrestling with the economic perks and environmental…
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Prized trout streams shrink as heat, drought grip U.S. West
The North Platte River in southern Wyoming is flowing low, slow and warm — not great conditions for trout fishing.…
Continue Reading New Jersey’s largest dairy farm nearly destroyed in tornado
By CHRISTINA PACIOLLA Associated Press The morning after one of the most intense tornadoes recorded in New Jersey history all but demolished the…
Continue Reading Firebrand Myanmar monk Wirathu released from prison
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A nationalist Buddhist monk in Myanmar notorious for his anti-Muslim remarks has been freed from…
Continue Reading Minnesota State Patrol purged messages after Floyd protests
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Court testimony shows that the Minnesota State Patrol purged emails and text messages immediately after protests over the death…
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