Government shelling of northwestern city in Syria kills 4
BEIRUT (AP) — Government shelling of rebel-held areas in northwestern Syria killed four people, including a child and a woman, and wounded more than a dozen Tuesday night, opposition activists said.
EXPLAINER: How a new GOP law in Texas makes voting harder
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The sweeping changes to Texas' election code that GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday make it harder — sometimes even legally riskier — to cast a ballot in the state, which already
Gambling wave coming to NFL TV screens, but in moderation
Al Michaels no longer has to subtly refer to the point spread if a game comes down to the wire on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.”
Capitol rioter from Idaho pleads guilty to assaulting police
BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Idaho man pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting police in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
A look at COVID-19 vaccine certificate programs across Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday joined the growing list of provinces planning to introduce COVID-19 vaccine passport systems. Here's a look at what the provinces and territories have said about their proof-of-vaccination programs, or lack thereof...
Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps.
After Ida deaths, Louisiana revokes nursing home licenses
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana health officials said Tuesday they are revoking the licenses of nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where seven residents died amid deteriorating conditions deemed too squalid to be safe after Hurricane
Report blames poor welds for Mexico City subway collapse
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Poorly welded, badly located and completely missing studs that joined steel support beams to a concrete layer supporting the track bed were to blame for the May 3 collapse of an elevated segment of Mexico City’s
Meat, farm workers to get $600 grants in new $700M aid plan
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking workers and farm workers who were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible to get grants of up to $600 per person as part of a new $700 million aid program the U.S.
Georgia prosecutor indicted, accused of misconduct in office
ATLANTA (AP) — A district attorney for six counties in west Georgia is facing allegations of criminal misconduct while in office, according to an indictment returned Tuesday by a grand jury.