By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says it will allow up to 800 more foreign butchers work in the U.K. on temporary visas, after farmers said a labor shortage in meat processing has caused them to cull thousands of healthy pigs. Earlier, the pork industry warned that up to 150,000 pigs
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By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says it will allow up to 800 more foreign butchers work in the U.K. on temporary visas, after farmers said a labor shortage in meat processing has caused them to cull thousands of healthy pigs. Earlier, the pork industry warned that up to 150,000 pigs
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more that two decades ago. He was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court last month of first-degree murder for shooting Susan
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Scientists and other workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday — be vaccinated or prepare to be fired. Dozens of workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are suing over the mandate, saying exemptions have been unduly denied and
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Scientists and other workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday — be vaccinated or prepare to be fired. Dozens of workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are suing over the mandate, saying exemptions have been unduly denied and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un grupo bipartidista de senadores pidió al secretario de Estado Antony Blinken que designe a un nuevo funcionario de alto nivel para dirigir los esfuerzos del Departamento de Estado para hacer frente a los continuos “incidentes sanitarios anómalos”, también conocidos como “síndrome de La Habana”, afirmando que los incidentes reflejan “una
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer For USA Luge, the Olympic season is here. The team’s home track in Lake Placid, New York, opened for training Thursday, with two-time Olympic luge qualifier Tucker West getting the distinction of taking the first official run down the icy chute at Mount Van Hoevenberg. It’s unseasonably warm in
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A mask-wearing mandate will continue for at least another month in a Wyoming school district where a student who wouldn’t wear a mask got arrested for allegedly refusing to leave her high school. The mask requirement in the southeastern Wyoming city of Laramie was set to
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Julio Urías won’t start after all for the Dodgers in the deciding Game 5 of their NL Division Series against the Giants, giving Los Angeles a left-hander out of the bullpen who has been tough on lefty hitters. Right-hander Corey Knebel will open the game
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta discussed financial transparency as the East African leader visited the White House on Thursday. Kenyatta faces scrutiny over revelations that he and his family stashed millions of dollars in hidden offshore accounts. Kenyatta was one of more than 330
Continue Reading SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Jurors have heard opening arguments in the trial of three former Georgia sheriff’s deputies charged with murder in the 2017 death of a Black man. Eurie Martin died after being stunned repeatedly by then-deputies Henry Lee Copeland, Michael Howell and Rhett Scott. All three are white. A resident called deputies because
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens host the Los Angeles Chargers in a matchup pitting two of the most exciting quarterbacks in the sport in Lamar Jackson and Justin Herbert. It’s also a game between two teams that have been tested in close contests and have come
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is expected to miss at least the first week o the regular season because his recovery from surgery to repair a right foot fracture is taking longer than anticipated. Pelicans basketball operations chief David Griffin says nothing “has gone wrong.” He
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that troops have shot and killed a Palestinian who was throwing firebombs at cars on a main highway in the occupied West Bank. The incident occurred late Thursday near Beit Jala, a Palestinian town south of Jerusalem. The military says soldiers opened fire at two suspects spotted throwing
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Social media and video have made it impossible for the Buffalo Bills to forget their last game against the Tennessee Titans. Derrick Henry stiff-arming Bills cornerback Josh Norman off his feet through the air literally was everywhere. Bills coach Sean McDermott says he’s
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is dealing with frustration after working almost a year to get back on the field. The fourth-year player sprained his left ankle in the Giants’ 44-20 loss to the Cowboys in Dallas last Sunday. He has almost
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 27-year-old Wichita woman is charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of her 1-year-old daughter. Neriah Dilley is jailed on $250,000 bond after making her first court appearance on Thursday. KAKE-TV reported officers found Dilley’s daughter in critical condition after responding to a call about an
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel’s subpoena. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said that the panel will vote Tuesday
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A nonprofit law firm announced a new project to help low-income families hold onto inherited land in more than half of Mississippi’s counties. Advocates said Thursday that it could help preserve biological diversity by promoting better forest management in the Mobile Bay Basin. The problem
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Por primera vez se identificaron casos de lepra en chimpancés salvajes, según un nuevo estudio, en hallazgos que han asombrado a los expertos. Los casos de lepra en chimpancés se encontraron en Guinea-Bissau y Costa de Marfil, por lo que esta es la primera vez que se encuentran casos de
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