James Hormel, first openly gay U.S. ambassador, dies at 88
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — James Hormel, the first openly gay U.S. ambassador and a philanthropist who funded organizations to fight AIDS and promote human rights, has died. He was 88.
Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity
For the 2010 Census, René D. Flores, a Mexican American college professor, marked his race as “white." Since then, a genealogy
Ex-Adelanto mayor pleads not guilty in corruption case
ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — The former mayor of Adelanto was arrested Friday for allegedly taking more than $57,000 in bribes and kickbacks to promote marijuana dispensaries and activities in the town northeast of Los Angeles.
Oil check is a sticking point for Alaska special session
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The great guessing game heading into fall used to center on how big a check Alaska residents would get from the state’s oil wealth fund. This year, it's at zero due to legislative disputes that remain
Battle over masks, vaccines roils California recall election
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The fight over mask and vaccine mandates moved to the center of California’s looming recall election Friday, with candidate Larry Elder promising to swiftly roll back sweeping government orders while Democrats denounced the leading...
Judge tosses most claims in armed occupation death lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of an Arizona rancher who served as spokesperson for the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife
COVID-stricken Oregon deploys National Guard to hospitals
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s governor said Friday she will send up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to assist healthcare workers who are being pushed to the brink by a surge of COVID-19 cases driven
The Latest: Alabama gov issues state of emergency amid surge
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday issued a state of emergency as state hospitals face a surge in COVID-19 cases, an order that came the same day the state tied a record low for available intensive care
US allows extra COVID vaccine doses for some. Now what?
Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection, a policy change endorsed Friday by influential government advisers.
More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places
Hold on to that vaccination card. A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside