California firefighters battle a dozen large wildfires
MATHER, Calif. (AP) — More than 13,500 firefighters were working Monday to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee to safety.
Logo for Georgia’s Stone Mountain omits Confederate image
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The board that oversees a park near Atlanta voted Monday for a new logo that excludes the park’s giant mountainside carving of Confederate leaders.
Study: Climate change makes European flooding more likely
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say that global warming makes the kind of extreme rainfall that caused deadly flash flooding in western Europe last month more likely, though it remains unclear exactly how much.
Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine, as Pfizer is approved
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday that it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval.
With Democrats back, Texas GOP pushes ahead with voting bill
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans brought back their voting bill Monday with no changes as some Democrats returned to the Capitol for the first time since ending their holdout, making it clear that the bill is on track to
Haiti police commit more units to protecting earthquake aid
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's National Police announced Monday that it had deployed additional units south of the capital to protect aid shipments being taken to the country's earthquake-damaged southwestern peninsula.
US authorities warn against flying drones over national lab
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Drone pilots beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning
Herschel Walker registers in Georgia; run for Senate next?
ATLANTA (AP) — Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him running for U.S. Senate in 2022.
Stoney Nakoda celebrate name change of Alberta mountain landmark
CANMORE, Alta. — The Alberta government says a prominent landmark in the Rocky Mountains has been renamed in the spirit of reconciliation. The offensive name for the feature on Mount Charles Stewart combines a derogatory term for an Indigenous woman an...
Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag gets 5 months in jail
The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced to more than five months in jail on Monday for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and bringing