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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t have nearly enough workplace safety inspectors to do the job. So the government will rely upon a corps of

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Lawsuits are piling up less than a week after the deadly crowd crush at the Astroworld concert in Houston. Legal experts say the risk is mounting that juries could decide against rapper Travis Scott and the companies behind the event that killed eight people and left hundreds injured. Scott’s past

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has accused Turkey’s coast guard of escorting and trying to push into Greek waters a boat with migrants that was trying to illegally reach Greece. The Greek coast guard posted a video of a large Turkish patrol vessel and what seems to be a smaller one beside an inflatable dinghy

France will start building its first new nuclear reactors in decades as part of efforts to meet its promises to reduce planet-warming emissions. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the plans Tuesday as climate negotiators in Glasgow debate how to speed up efforts against climate change. Europeans are also concerned about recent spikes in energy prices

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency. They are part of a committee’s effort to find out more about what the president was doing and saying as his supporters violently stormed the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal agency is taking a step toward designating a new national marine sanctuary off the central California coast that would be named for the region’s Indigenous people. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that it is seeking public comment on the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. The

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is facing criticism after he tweeted a video that included altered animation showing him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword. In a tweet Monday night, Ocasio-Cortez said Gosar “shared a fantasy video of him killing me.” She added that Gosar would face no consequences because Minority Leader

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The Biden administration is relying on infrastructure dollars to help fix the clogged ports and blanket the nation with internet access. But a series of initiatives rolled out on Tuesday show that the urgent pace might not be fast enough to address the immediate needs of an

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a mass appeal for people to get booster shots to fight rising virus infections that are raising concerns across Europe. He said in a televised address on Tuesday that anyone over 65 who was vaccinated more than six months ago will need to get a booster

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older. Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine since September. But the Food and Drug Administration has

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks moved lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday, putting the market on track to end an extended winning streak. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. Falling technology stocks helped outweigh gains elsewhere. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq fell 0.7%. PayPal sank 11%

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER The Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led 21 other Democratic lawmakers to the climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland. Pelosi and Democratic lawmakers were working the summit Tuesday to underscore President Joe Biden’s message that the U.S. is back in global climate efforts. Pelosi’s delegation includes Congress’s

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has hit a record high in new COVID-19 infections for a second day running. The government is ruling out a lockdown or school closures but is warning that it might have to mobilize private doctors in badly afflicted areas. A total 8,613 new infections were recorded Tuesday, a substantial leap

By SCOTT BAUER, TAMMY WEBBER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A forensic pathologist says the first man killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha was shot at close range of just a few feet and had soot injuries that could indicate he had his hand over

ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescue workers in Turkey were searching for people trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed Tuesday in eastern Turkey. The governor of Malatya province, Aydin Barus, said 15 people were thought to be in the two-story building at the time of the collapse in the city of Malatya but he

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s House is investigating whether the state’s attorney general should be impeached for his conduct surrounding a car crash last year that killed a pedestrian. A sizable majority of the Republican-dominated House voted Tuesday to have a committee recommend whether Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have filed additional felony charges against a 22-year-old man accused of killing a local filmmaker sitting in a parked car outside a convenience store but missing customers inside. Jesus Javier Uribe appeared briefly Tuesday before a Las Vegas judge on 31 charges including murder, attempted murder, assault,

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says at least 16 of its local employees have been detained in Ethiopia’s capital. A government spokesman says they are held because of “their participation in terror” under a state of emergency as the country’s yearlong war escalates and ethnic Tigrayans face a

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has resentenced a death row inmate to life in prison for the second time in two years after finding that his trial was marred by racism during jury selection. The trial court judge on Tuesday resentenced Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman to three consecutive life sentences.

By FRANK JORDANS and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Powerful businesses are urging Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to give up the country’s long-standing resistance on key issues at this year’s U.N. climate talks. The head of the CEBDS business group argues that Brazil can’t afford to pass up the chance to use