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COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past... Read more »

10/25/21 2:00 PM

Texas drag race driver slams into spectators, killing 2 kids

October 24, 2021 KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two... Read more »

10/24/21 11:49 AM

Braves vs Astros: A World Series 6 decades in the making

October 24, 2021 By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Freddie Freeman swinging onto baseball’s biggest stage for the first time, Jose Altuve & Co. back for more. Luis Garcia, Framber... Read more »

10/24/21 11:33 AM

Lobos defense stymies Pokes in 14-3 win

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Isaiah Chavez completed 10 of 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown and New Mexico defeated Wyoming 14-3 on Saturday. Chavez cashed in on an... Read more »

10/24/21 11:00 AM

Gordon, Barrasso join Marines to honor McCollum at Jackson memorial

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Dozens of U.S. fellow Marines joined hundreds of Wyoming residents to bid a final farewell at a memorial for Rylee McCollum, one of 13 U.S. servicemen killed... Read more »

10/24/21 10:44 AM

Vaccine mandates create conflict with defiant workers

October 23, 2021 By DAVID SHARP, MIKE CATALINI and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — Josh “Chevy” Chevalier is a third-generation shipbuilder who hasn’t missed a day of... Read more »

10/23/21 4:31 PM

Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting

October 23, 2021 By MORGAN LEE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and MICHELLE L. PRICE The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on a New Mexico... Read more »

10/23/21 2:56 PM

Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide

October 23, 2021 By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Depending on whom you ask, Maine’s proposed “right to food” constitutional amendment would simply put people in charge... Read more »

10/23/21 10:33 AM

Warrant: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round

October 22, 2021 By MORGAN LEE and WALTER BERRY Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it... Read more »

10/22/21 7:31 PM

Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal... Read more »

10/22/21 1:33 PM

Oklahoma slaying leads to arrest of Mom and Son in Wyoming

BLANCHARD, Okla. (AP) — A Texas woman and her adult son have been arrested in Wyoming on murder warrants in connection with the slaying of a central Oklahoma man, the... Read more »

10/22/21 1:27 PM

Laundrie family hopes for answers after remains found

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Family members were hoping for more answers from law enforcement regarding the cause of death for Brian Laundrie, who was... Read more »

10/22/21 8:59 AM

Sheriff: Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

By MORGAN LEE and WALTER BERRY Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western... Read more »

10/22/21 2:47 AM

Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park

DENVER (AP) — On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt... Read more »

10/21/21 3:09 PM

Trump plan for new media venture gets investors’ thumbs up

By JILL COLVIN and ALEX VEIGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some investors aren’t waiting to see if former President Donald Trump’s plans for a media company to challenge... Read more »

10/21/21 2:19 PM

House to vote on Bannon contempt as Justice decision looms

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is voting Thursday on whether to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide... Read more »

10/21/21 10:19 AM

Chapelle special spurs Netflix walkout; ‘Trans lives matter’

By ALEX VEIGA and LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle’s special and its anti-transgender comments were joined... Read more »

10/20/21 4:52 PM

Indictment accused Nebraska congressman of lying to FBI

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, accusing him of lying to the FBI and... Read more »

10/19/21 3:27 PM

Titans stop Allen on 4th down, hang on to beat Bills 34-31

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry showed once again how important he is to the Tennessee Titans. This time, he had help... Read more »

10/19/21 10:02 AM

Jan. 6 panel plans contempt vote as Trump sues over probe

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly Tuesday to hold at... Read more »

10/19/21 8:22 AM

Rapper formerly known as Kanye West is now just Ye

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye is now Ye. A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name from... Read more »

10/18/21 7:19 PM

Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s... Read more »

10/18/21 11:22 AM

Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios

October 17, 2021 By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have... Read more »

10/17/21 10:14 AM

Riley’s game-winning single in 9th lifts Braves past Dodgers

October 17, 2021 By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A couple of clutch swings from breakout slugger Austin Riley got the underdog Atlanta Braves off to a... Read more »

10/17/21 9:02 AM

Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists

October 16, 2021 By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create and transact... Read more »

10/16/21 8:48 AM

Unhappy with prices, ranchers look to build own meat plants

October 16, 2021 By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the... Read more »

10/16/21 8:33 AM

Watchdog: Psaki violated ethics law by promoting McAuliffe

October 15, 2021 By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog group said Friday that it had filed an ethics complaint against White House press secretary Jen... Read more »

10/15/21 5:55 PM

Trump’s not going away — and neither is investigator Schiff

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a year out of the White House, Donald Trump continues to circle the Republican Party, commanding attention and influence as... Read more »

10/15/21 3:16 PM

Yellowstone crews scale back search for Utah conservationist

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The National Park Service has scaled back the search for Kim Crumbo, a conservationist from Utah who disappeared along with his brother during a Yellowstone backcountry... Read more »

10/15/21 3:11 PM

DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a... Read more »

10/15/21 1:43 PM

Q&A: La Nina’s back and it’s not good for parts of dry West

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer For the second straight year, the world heads into a new La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an... Read more »

10/15/21 12:17 PM

Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital Tuesday with an infection but he is “on the mend,” his spokesman said Thursday. Clinton, 75,... Read more »

10/14/21 8:32 PM

Wyoming district where student arrested extends mask mandate

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A mask-wearing mandate will continue for at least another month in a Wyoming school district where a student who wouldn’t wear... Read more »

10/14/21 4:52 PM

Police: Northern Colorado postal worker shot, killed by ex-girlfriend

DENVER (AP) — Police have arrested an ex-girlfriend of a postal worker who was shot and killed while delivering mail in northern Colorado. The 26-year-old suspect, Devan Schreiner, of Fort... Read more »

10/14/21 3:21 PM

Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon

By ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK, JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to... Read more »

10/14/21 11:43 AM

‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — “Squid Game,” a brutal Netflix survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape... Read more »

10/14/21 10:10 AM

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COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms

Lawyer: Initial autopsy inconclusive on Laundrie death cause

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Moderna says its low-dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11

Body of missing 26-year-old Texas man located in Grand Teton

Crew member who gave Baldwin gun subject of prior complaint

Texas drag race driver slams into spectators, killing 2 kids

Braves vs Astros: A World Series 6 decades in the making

Lobos defense stymies Pokes in 14-3 win

Gordon, Barrasso join Marines to honor McCollum at Jackson memorial

Vaccine mandates create conflict with defiant workers

Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting

Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide

Warrant: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round

Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx

Oklahoma slaying leads to arrest of Mom and Son in Wyoming

Laundrie family hopes for answers after remains found

Sheriff: Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park

Trump plan for new media venture gets investors’ thumbs up

House to vote on Bannon contempt as Justice decision looms

Chapelle special spurs Netflix walkout; ‘Trans lives matter’

Indictment accused Nebraska congressman of lying to FBI

Titans stop Allen on 4th down, hang on to beat Bills 34-31

Jan. 6 panel plans contempt vote as Trump sues over probe

Rapper formerly known as Kanye West is now just Ye

Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law

Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios

Riley’s game-winning single in 9th lifts Braves past Dodgers

Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists

Unhappy with prices, ranchers look to build own meat plants

Watchdog: Psaki violated ethics law by promoting McAuliffe

Trump’s not going away — and neither is investigator Schiff

Yellowstone crews scale back search for Utah conservationist

DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law

Q&A: La Nina’s back and it’s not good for parts of dry West

Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection

Wyoming district where student arrested extends mask mandate

Police: Northern Colorado postal worker shot, killed by ex-girlfriend

Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon

‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea

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