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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state prosecutor has decided not to file criminal charges against police who shot and killed an antifascist fugitive last year who was wanted in the highly publicized death of a right-wing demonstrator in Portland, Oregon. A U.S. Marshals-led task force was trying to arrest Michael Reinoehl near Olympia in

By ALEX SANZ Associated Press For weeks, the Afghanistan national girls soccer team had been waiting for word they could leave. On Sunday, the message finally came. The girls and their families boarded a charter flight from Afghanistan to Portugal, which has granted them asylum. Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls, ages 14-16,

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Six Native American tribes are suing Wisconsin to try to stop its planned wolf hunt in November. They assert that the hunt violates their treaty rights and endangers an animal they consider sacred. The Chippewa tribes say treaties give them rights to half of the wolf quota in territory they

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a no-go for launching billionaires into space. Guterres called out billionaires for joyriding into space while millions go hungry. In July, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos flew into space, just missing orbit, on spaceships their companies built. Billionaire Jared Isaacman and three others

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her boyfriend have generated a whirlwind online. A multitude of armchair detectives and others have been sharing tips, possible sightings and theories by way of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other sites.

By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A new government report has found that Latinos are vastly underrepresented in newsrooms, Hollywood films and TV and other media industries. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate last October, and the report was released Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro issued a defense of his administration at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, rebuffing criticism of its handling of the pandemic and touting recent data indicating less Amazon deforestation. He said his government supports vaccination, but not vaccine passports or mandates,

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium that lapsed last month. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri say their bill would direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a ban on evictions in response to COVID-19.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two United Nations agencies have requested access to asylum-seekers stranded at Belarus’s border with Poland and Lithuania after four migrants were found dead in the area. The International Organization for Migration and the U.N. Refugee Agency called Tuesday  for an investigation of the four deaths and asked for “immediate access” to

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff says no charges will be filed against a South Carolina father whose 20-month-old boys died from heat after he forgot to drop them off at daycare. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says the father was under intense pressure as a professional at his manufacturing

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s failing national airline Alitalia is telling passengers to just bring a single piece of hand luggage when travelling. That’s because intensifying strikes and labor protests are disrupting services ahead of the airline’s planned Oct. 14 demise. In a series of tweets Tuesday, Alitalia apologized to its