The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has issued a dire warning that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn't swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines
Madison Cawthorn tries to survive primary as slip-ups mount
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn's prominent role as the youngest pro-Donald Trump agitator in Congress can rub people on the right and the left the wrong way in his North Carolina district.
Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to cross a river in the east, Ukrainian and British officials said in another sign of Moscow's
2 inmates found dead in same unit at jail in South Carolina
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Two inmates were found dead Thursday in the same unit of a local jail in South Carolina, authorities said. Staff at the Greenville
Missouri lawmakers adopt US House districts with GOP edge
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Finally breaking an impasse, the Missouri Legislature gave final approval Thursday to new congressional districts that are expected to continue Republicans' electoral edge in a former swing state that has trended increasingly...
Yukon expands second COVID-19 booster shot to residents 50 and older
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is making fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine available for residents aged 50 and older. The territorial government says six months must have passed since the recipient's third shot in order to receive the second booster dose. It sa...
N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after the country acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak for the first
Experts: Arizona executioners took too long to insert IV
PHOENIX (AP) — The first execution in Arizona in nearly eight years was carried out more smoothly than the state’s last use of the death penalty, when a condemned prisoner who was given 15 doses of a two-drug combination gasped
Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney
EDMONTON, United Kingdom — Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestream of the work on the United Conservative Party webs...
Inflation triggers California minimum wage increase in 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers.
