Month: September 2021

BY AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s southern separatists have imposed emergency measures in an effort to put down growing protests over dire living conditions in areas they control. The Southern Transitional Council says the emergency measures have gone into immediate effect. Protests have erupted earlier this week in Aden and other

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The U.S. Treasury Department is issuing a new report that details the high expense and low wages for child care. This problem makes it harder for parents to work and save money. The Biden administration aims to fix the problem in its budget plan. An average family with just one

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans private climate talks with world leaders to try to spur hard-and-fast commitments to cut climate wrecking pollution globally. Friday’s session follows his livestreamed summit in April that saw dozens of leaders make earnest public promises to fight climate change. Friday’s session will

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public health officials in Los Angeles County will begin requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for patrons and workers at indoor bars, wineries, breweries, lounges and nightclubs next month. The new initiative in the nation’s most populous county begins Oct. 7, with proof of at least one

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida businessman who admitted that his fraud-busting business was a fraud is citing the coronavirus threat as he asks a judge to release him early from his one-year prison term. David Correia made the request in court papers filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Correia

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) —  The U.N. Security Council is encouraging Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resume negotiations on the contentious issue of water availability from the dam that the Ethiopians are building on the main tributary of the Nile River. A brief presidential statement approved Wednesday by all 15

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new watchdog report warns that Nebraska’s prisons face a persistent staffing crisis that has created dangerous conditions, including maximum-security units that are going unstaffed for hours at a time and one incident where a tired employee fell asleep on the job. The Inspector General of