More than $1 billion in aid pledged for Afghanistan as country faces ‘most perilous hour’
By Helen Regan, CNN More than $1 billion in aid has been pledged for Afghanistan to help ease one of the world’s “worst humanitarian…
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Newsom campaign theme: Don’t let California become Texas
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In the closing days of the recall effort that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin…
Continue Reading Court: DeSantis ban on school mask mandates back in force
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The on-again, off-again ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent…
Continue Reading Former Cleveland jail director convicted of misdemeanors
CLEVELAND (AP) — The former director of Cleveland’s troubled Cuyahoga County jail has been convicted of negligently mismanaging the facility…
Continue Reading At least 3 officers killed in military plane crash in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities say a military plane crashed in the White Nile south of the capital, Khartoum, killing all on board. Authorities…
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Florida appeals court rules in favor of DeSantis, allowing his ban on mask mandates in schools to stand
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Florida’s 1st District Court on Friday reinstated a stay on mask mandates in schools, blocking local school requirements…
Continue Reading Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops for the 2nd month
By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped for the second consecutive month in…
Continue Reading Measles cases halt US-bound flights of Afghan evacuees
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press The U.S. has halted U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees after discovering a few cases of measles among Afghans…
Continue Reading Ground zero: A selfie stop for some, a cemetery for others
By MARK LENNIHAN, JOHN MINCHILLO and JULIE JACOBSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years after terrorists flew two planes into the World…
Continue Reading UN raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations is raising the alarm about a Taliban crackdown on peaceful protests,…
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Abortion funds and providers are seeing an uptick in ‘vigilante’ calls after Texas ban
By Nicole Chavez, Dianne Gallagher and Jade Gordon, CNN Some clinics and groups helping fund abortion care in Texas are seeing an uptick in calls…
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The remains of 2 more World Trade Center victims from 9/11 have been identified
By Jason Hanna, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Days before the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, New York…
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DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC over pandemic fee caps
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Three of the nation’s largest food delivery companies are suing New York City over a limit on fees it put in…
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Upside-down rhino experiment wins Ig Nobel Prize
By Sara Spary, CNN A team of researchers behind an experiment that involved hanging rhinoceroses upside down, suspended in the air by their feet, has…
Continue Reading 9/11 fallout includes decades of worry about toxic WTC dust
By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after the collapse of the World Trade Center, people are still coming forward to…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe magistrate rules Mugabe should be reburied
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court has upheld a traditional court’s ruling that the body of former…
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Gov. Polis gives update on COVID-19 response following Biden’s employer mandate
COLORADO (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is giving an update on the state’s response to COVID-19 Friday, a day after President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Lee statue base reassembled after failed time capsule search
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Workers have returned to the Richmond site where a statue of Confederate…
Continue Reading GOP group held ‘war games’ for state AGs before Trump loss
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An offshoot of the Republican Attorneys General Association held a special meeting weeks…
Continue Reading Farm calls police on Black couple it believed stole 6 apples
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts tourist farm called police on a Black couple it accused of stealing apples and is now apologizing after the…
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