Marine killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in California
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eighty years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor and just months after his remains were finally identified, a California Marine has been laid to rest with full military honors.
Slap to Macron puts focus on ultra-right groups
PARIS (AP) — Bubbling beneath France’s political landscape is an assortment of ultra-right groups, a subculture that shot to the nation’s attention when a young man slapped President Emmanuel Macron and blurted out a centuries-old royalist cry.
Germany: Delay for CureVac shot won’t hurt vaccine campaign
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health ministry on Wednesday downplayed the possible impact on the country's coronavirus vaccine campaign after reports that the shot being developed by local company CureVac could face further delays getting regulatory approval...
Rights group: Colombian police cause deaths of 20 protesters
BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — An international monitoring group on Wednesday accused police officers in Colombia of responsibility for the deaths of 20 people and other violent actions against protesters during recent unrest, including sexual abuse, bea...
Finland’s Korhonen pulls out of US Open over travel concerns
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mikko Korhonen of Finland withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday because of travel concerns getting to Torrey Pines.
Vaccine lottery: Manitobans eligible for cash, scholarships if they get a COVID shot
WINNIPEG — Manitobans who get a COVID-19 vaccine could also get a six-figure cash injection in their wallets. The provincial government is offering $100,000 prizes and $25,000 scholarships in an effort to persuade more people to get a shot. Anyone who ...
Ukrainian FM presses Germany on arms, cites Russia’s weapons
BERLIN (AP) — Ukraine's foreign minister said Wednesday that he hoped allies such as Germany won't regret turning down his country's request for arms deliveries should Russia launch an attack.
Federal judge asked to halt 2 South Carolina electrocutions
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for two prisoners facing death by electrocution under South Carolina’s new capital punishment law are asking a federal judge to block their executions scheduled later this month, describing the electric chair as a partic...
Florida reverses itself, will allow rainbow bridge lighting
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida reversed itself Wednesday and said a downtown Jacksonville bridge can be decorated in rainbow lights to celebrate gay rights, one day after it had ordered them doused.
Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy.