H.E.R. among artists educating kids on civics in new series
NEW YORK (AP) — In addition to making great music, H.E.R. wants to be an active citizen who empowers young people with information.
New Mexico forest draws crowd for annual ‘Rainbow Gathering’
CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. (AP) — Across a mile-long stretch of forest in a remote part of northern New Mexico, the party is in full swing.
Biden goes in for cherries on campaign-style Michigan trip
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden stayed mum on policy during a Saturday trip to Michigan, focusing instead on cherries — and cherry pie and cherry ice cream — and voters who were mask-free as coronavirus restrictions have
Court OK’s probe of Brazil’s Bolsonaro, who faces protests
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Protests against President Jair Bolsonaro spread across Brazil on Saturday, a day after a Supreme Court justice authorized a criminal investigation into his response to allegations of potential corruption involving a vaccine deal....
Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones
PHOENIX (AP) — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were in legal trouble, rushed to delete evidence of it, authorities say. Now their attempts to
Capitol, symbol of democracy, off-limits on Independence Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it has been for nearly 16 months, longer than any time in the nation’s history, the U.S. Capitol is closed to most public visitors.
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI (AP) — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as tensions between the European Union and Belarus escalate.
Fortress-led group to buy UK’s Morrisons for $8.7 billion
LONDON (AP) — A group led by U.S.-based Fortress Investment has agreed to buy Morrisons, the U.K.’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, for 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7 billion) as overseas investors look for bargains in a market battered by Brexit and the
Rocky path ahead as Chicago set to get elected school board
CHICAGO (AP) — ILCHS801,802, ILSPR801 set for time release at 8a Saturday, July 3. After decades of organizing by parents, activists
Under presssure, company cancels Tennessee pipeline
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Environmentalists and activists claimed victory Saturday after a company canceled plans to build an oil pipeline through southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi, and over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million peop...