HHS joins vaccine trend, orders shots for its health workers
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Department of Health and Human Services is requiring employees who…
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Sheriff: Boaters fled after striking children on waterway
NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says he’s investigating after three children riding on tubes on a waterway were struck and injured…
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Boy, 16, arrested in deadly shooting over LA shoe raffle
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of shooting a shoe store employee who tried to break up an…
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Parents of 337 migrant kids still not found
(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of more than 300 migrant children separated at the United States-Mexico border.…
Continue Reading Disgraced DEA agent sentenced to 13 years in corruption case
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal narcotics agent known as the “white devil” has been…
Continue Reading N. Carolina woman found dead in concrete had fired caretaker
NEWLAND, N.C. (AP) — Court documents say a woman whose body was found buried in concrete in the basement of her western North Carolina home had…
Continue Reading More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents since pandemic began
By TERRY TANG Associated Press A new report has found the frequency of anti-Asian incidents — from taunts to assaults — reported in the U.S. so…
Continue Reading Bulgaria slides into political crisis as new election looms
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s political crisis has taken a new twist after an anti-establishment party that narrowly won last month’s…
Continue Reading LGBT+ festival to open in Denmark, Sweden in pandemic shadow
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Thousands are expected to attend the opening Thursday of the 10-day multi-national LGBT+ festival that will include a…
Continue Reading Hochul: I’ll run for governor after finishing Cuomo’s term
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul says she plans to run for governor in her own right after serving out the…
Continue Reading Back-to-back price hikes, wholesale costs up 1% in July
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level jumped a higher-than-expected 1% in July, disappointing…
Continue Reading US jobless claims near pandemic low as economy strengthens
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for a third straight time…
Continue ReadingAtlanta mother alleges Black students were assigned to elementary school classes based on race
CNN By Rebekah Riess and Gregory Lemos, CNN A mother in Atlanta has filed a civil rights complaint with the US Department of Education alleging her…
Continue Reading Bidder offers up to $120 million for collapsed condo site
MIAMI (AP) — A private bidder is willing to offering up to $120 million to purchase the Miami-area oceanfront property where the collapsed…
Continue Reading Stevie Wonder, Common team for cancer fundraising TV special
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder and Common will perform together for the seventh Stand Up To Cancer telethon. Matthew…
Continue Reading Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Stifling heat is gripping much of Southern Europe, and forecasters say worse is expected to…
Continue Reading Fred weaker, but likely to drench Florida as tropical storm
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Tropical depression Fred is heading for a drenching of Cuba and the Bahamas on a forecast track…
Continue Reading Pedro Almodóvar warns against algorithms in Instagram row
MADRID (AP) — Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar says society must be alert to the power of algorithms deciding what humans are permitted to see. He…
Continue Reading Turkish police detain 76 over attacks on Syrian refugees
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Turkey say they have detained 76 people in connection with attacks on homes and businesses believed to be owned by…
Continue Reading Japan leader’s medical adviser urges tougher virus measures
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A key medical adviser to Japan’s prime minister says surging infections in the Tokyo area are…
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