Month: October 2021

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian authorities say around 30 Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive trees in the occupied West Bank, leaving four people injured. Friday’s attack comes amid an uptick in settler violence in recent months. The official Palestinian news agency says the attack began when Israeli settlers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court appeal by the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and Missouri. Roberts did not comment Friday in refusing to temporarily pause a lower court order affecting the operation of the Spire STL

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges after prosecutors say he helped to hide evidence of a rioter’s involvement in January’s insurrection. The officer, Michael A. Riley, is accused of tipping off someone who participated in the riot

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los Alamos National Laboratory who sought to block a vaccine mandate. Workers risk being fired if they don’t comply with the lab’s Friday afternoon deadline. It’s possible an appeal could

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have made significant progress in corralling a wildfire in coastal mountains of Southern California. The Alisal Fire in the Santa Ynez Mountains west of Santa Barbara has grown only slightly and containment on Friday jumped to 41%. The improved situation allowed authorities to reopen the vital U.S. 101 highway

By SAMYA KULLAB and TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 47 people and wounding 70, a Taliban official said. It was the deadliest day since the U.S. military withdrawal. There was no immediate claim of

BRUSSELS (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Poland’s European Union partners need to step away from confrontation and instead talk to the government in Warsaw to seek solutions to the difficulties in their relationship. Last week, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled that Polish laws take precedence over those of the 27-nation EU, which Poland joined

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration says it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September. The announcement Friday by the Justice Department comes after an appeals court again left in place the

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman has been ordered to find another home for her four African caracals after one of the wild cats spent hours on the loose this week. Royal Oak police have issued Elaine Westfall five citations. Westfall told the Detroit Free Press for a story Friday that the