AP National News

By COLLEEN LONG, HOLLY RAMER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WOODSTOCK, N.H. (AP) — Fighting sagging poll ratings, President Joe Biden has set out on a national tour to persuade everyday Americans of the benefits of his big, just-signed infrastructure plan. First stop: a snowy, rusted bridge in New Hampshire, a state that gave him

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The suit filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states was dated Monday. It comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Messages presented in a federal court Monday appear to show an organizer of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville instructing supporters to mislead law enforcement about the potential size of the 2017 protest. The Washington Post reports that Jason Kessler is one of two dozen defendants testifying in a

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Will Smith wouldn’t seem an obvious candidate for a mid-life crisis. He’s hugely successful, immensely popular, indefatigably sunny. But Smith, who stars in the upcoming drama “King Richard,” as Richard Williams, father and coach to Venus and Serena Williams, is reemerging after an extensive period of introspection. The 53-year-old,

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose on Wall Street Tuesday as investors reviewed solid earnings reports from retailers and an encouraging update on consumer spending. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. Home Depot rose 6% after the home improvement retailer reported

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s bipartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps, meaning the task will now be taken up by the state Supreme Court. This is the first time the panel has failed to finish its work since the state adopted a

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The pandemic spurred foundations to change their grant-making practices in ways long sought by nonprofits, although many philanthropies have already started to reverse some of those changes, according to a new study of nearly 300 grantmakers. The changes sought by nonprofits include more unrestricted

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States will soon be flooded with federal money they can use to repair, improve or remove thousands of aging dams across the U.S. The funding is included in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed by President Joe Biden. Though it pales in comparison to

By VANESSA GERA and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish forces at the border with Belarus used water cannons and tear gas against stone-throwing migrants, as Warsaw accused Belarusian authorities of giving smoke grenades and other weapons to those trying to cross the frontier. The events marked an escalation in a crisis

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court has confirmed the arrest order for a Polish businessman who is a descendant of one of Poland’s aristocratic families. The case highlights problems still resulting from the communist regime’s seizure of private property after World War II. Michal Sobanski, a 46-year-old businessman, has

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia is planning to limit movement of the non-vaccinated people in an effort to tame the latest wave of coronavirus infections that has caused a “critical” situation in the country’s hospitals. Prime Minister Eduard Heger says hi government will vote on Thursday on the latest proposals by an advisory group of

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A trial date has been set early next year for a former Fort Worth police officer charged with murder after shooting a Black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door in 2019. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Tarrant County

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer is seeking U.S. authorization of its experimental COVID-19 treatment pill. The filing Tuesday sets the stage for a likely launch of a promising treatment that can be taken at home. Pfizer’s pill has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among

By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Former cricketer Azeem Rafiq has told a British parliamentary hearing that he was humiliated by the racist abuse and bullying he suffered at England’s most successful cricket club. Rafiq was in tears at times giving testimony. Rafiq says Yorkshire teammates used an offensive term referencing his

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have reported military clashes on their shared border and are blaming each other for starting the conflict. The Armenian Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijan’s military of opening fire on Armenian positions Tuesday, killing one and and capturing 12 servicemen. The Azerbaijani government, meanwhile, accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation” on

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The shotgun blasts that hit Ahmaud Arbery punched a gaping hole in his chest and unleashed massive bleeding. That’s according to a medical examiner who testified Tuesday at the murder trial of the three white men accused of chasing Arbery down. Jurors also saw autopsy photos

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The Estonian and Swedish accident investigation boards say a research expedition earlier this year to the wreck of a ferry that sank in the Baltic Sea 27 years ago hasn’t provided new evidence contradicting the official accident investigation report. The M/S Estonia sank in rough weather on

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Officials say about 50,000 electrical customers in Washington state still have no power after a storm that dumped rain for days caused floods and mudslides. Crews have managed Tuesday to partially reopen a cut off portion of the the West Coast’s main north-south highway near Bellingham,

By COLLEEN LONG, HOLLY RAMER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden is back in New Hampshire, returning for the first time since his 2020 primary-election shellacking. This time, he has a resounding win in tow: the newly signed $1 trillion infrastructure plan that he hopes to sell across the

By MICHAEL TARM, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury has begun deliberating at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial after two weeks of testimony in which they were given starkly different portrayals of his actions the night he shot three men on the streets of Kenosha. Prosecutors say Rittenhouse was