New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Delivering another blow to what's left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy, New York’s new governor acknowledged on her first day in office that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo
Rittenhouse lawyer: Defense donors none of state’s business
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the Illinois teen accused of killing two men and wounding a third during a protest in Wisconsin last summer, says he doesn't know who donated to his client's defense and therefore cannot produce
French judge to consider Afghan evacuee who left watch zone
PARIS (AP) — An Afghan evacuee who was among five men placed under surveillance in France for suspected direct or indirect links to the Taliban is scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday for allegedly leaving the Paris region hotel
Editorial Roundup: U.S.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 24
Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal robocalls to wireless phones without the owners' consent in the 2020 election.
US to prioritize evacuations from Kabul until final hours
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military airlift of Americans and others from Kabul will continue until the final hours of President Joe Biden's Aug. 31 deadline for ending the frantic evacuation from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Pentagon officials said ...
Masks ordered for most Florida students, defying DeSantis
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Just over half of Florida’s 2.8 million public school students now face mandates to wear masks in classrooms as a courtroom battle continues over efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis to leave such decisions up to
Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out
BOSTON (AP) — States and localities have only distributed 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, the latest sign the program is struggling to reach the millions of tenants at
N.L. doctors say physician shortage will get worse if N.S. boosts its health system
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A group representing doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador says their situation will get worse if things get better for physicians in Nova Scotia. The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association said in a news release Tuesday it wil...
Spain tightens fertilizer rules after dead fish clog lagoon
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are expanding a ban on harmful fertilizers around a saltwater lagoon on the country’s Mediterranean coast, where over the past 10 days several tons of dead fish have washed up.