By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison says international tourists won’t be welcomed back to Australia until next year, with the return of skilled migrants and students given higher priority. Morrison says Australia is expected to reach the vaccination benchmark on Tuesday at which the country could begin to
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The kickoff of Monday night’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers was delayed 35 minutes because of lightning. SoFi Stadium has a roof, but is classified as open-air due to the north side being open on the upper deck. Torrential rain hit the Los Angeles area nearly
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Refugee admissions to the United States fell to a record low during the 2021 budget year despite President Joe Biden’s pledge to bring back the program that was decimated by the Trump administration. A total of 11,445 refugees were allowed into the United States during the
Continue Reading By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing the FBI and U.S. attorneys to meet with federal, state and local law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nation’s public schools. Last week the National School Boards Association asked President
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A regulatory commission in Mexico has fined three manufacturers of tampons and diapers just over $15 million for allegedly conspiring to fix prices for the products. Mexico’s Commission on Economic Competition said Monday the price-fixing probably cost consumers about $73 million in artificially inflated prices. The three companies did not respond
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A regulatory commission in Mexico has fined three manufacturers of tampons and diapers just over $15 million for allegedly conspiring to fix prices for the products. Mexico’s Commission on Economic Competition said Monday the price-fixing probably cost consumers about $73 million in artificially inflated prices. The three companies did not respond
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh start. The cross-country trip came at the right time, friends say, because the pandemic was wearing on her. A change of scenery was enticing and the 30-year-old was excited about the chance to work
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actor has pleaded guilty to running a massive Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million from investors in phony Hollywood film licensing deals. Zachary Horwitz pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to federal securities fraud. Prosecutors say Horwitz secured loans for his film company by falsely claiming the
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actor has pleaded guilty to running a massive Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million from investors in phony Hollywood film licensing deals. Zachary Horwitz pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to federal securities fraud. Prosecutors say Horwitz secured loans for his film company by falsely claiming the
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The falloff the Minnesota Twins experienced after two straight division titles could be traced in some places to natural regression. The real surprise was how sharply and swiftly they faded. The Twins lost five straight games during their first homestand of the season and never saw
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By Whitney Wild, CNN Members of Capitol Hill security will be able to file whistleblower complaints about potential wrongdoing directly to a congressional committee, Rep. Rodney Davis announced on Monday. The Illinois Republican serves as the ranking member of the Committee on House Administration, one of four that oversee the US Capitol Police and one
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police say an alligator attacked and injured a homeless woman who fell into a Florida canal. St. Petersburg police say the woman was resting on a sea wall when she fell into the canal early Monday. News outlets reported that the woman is in her 50s. She was taken to
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to pay for damage to her house in a 2018 California wildfire. The jury found State Farm’s failure to pay benefits for Doherty’s Malibu home were “unreasonable and without
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to pay for damage to her house in a 2018 California wildfire. The jury found State Farm’s failure to pay benefits for Doherty’s Malibu home were “unreasonable and without
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Netflix y la Universidad de Howard crearon una beca de US$ 5,4 millones en honor a Chadwick Boseman, llamada “The Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship”. La beca completa cubrirá cuatro años de matrícula en la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Howard, rebautizada con el nombre de Boseman a principios de este
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Reino Unido ha establecido un nuevo sistema para los viajes internacionales, flexibilizando los requisitos de las pruebas para muchos viajeros totalmente vacunados y designando los destinos como “rojos” o “verdes”. Actualmente hay 54 países en la lista roja del Reino Unido, incluidos México y Sudáfrica. La lista se actualiza cada tres
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After not getting much information from the city on the matter, residents want answers to his unexpected leave.
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox and Yankees resume their rivalry in the playoffs in Tuesday night’s AL wild-card game. It’s the fifth time the longtime foes will meet in the postseason, with each team taking two series. New York ace Gerrit Cole will face Boston’s Nathan Eovaldi in
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jayce Tingler thinks he deserves to be retained as manager of the San Diego Padres, despite the biggest collapse in franchise history. It’s not his decision to make, of course. That falls to general manager A.J. Preller, who hired his friend from the Texas Rangers
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is thanking attendees of the New Mexico Oil And Gas Association’s annual meeting for their contributions to the economy. Fossil fuel mining is the state’s largest government revenue source and directly funds education. Lujan Grisham
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