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CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they have arrested the suspect in a gruesome killing in a Suez Canal city, soon after shocking footage of the slaying drew an uproar on social media. The Interior Ministry, which oversees the police force, said in a brief statement that the suspect attacked a man in a busy

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As deadlines loom for military and defense civilians to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines, senior leaders are wrestling with the fate of tens of thousands who flatly refuse the shots or are seeking exemptions, and how to make sure they are treated fairly and equally. It could

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it welcomed a private mission to Myanmar by former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson as a possible way to help speed humanitarian access to the country. The State Department says Richardson was making the trip on his own. But it said it hoped he

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has suspended a Dec. 31 deadline for Chicago police officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But he didn’t interfere with a requirement that officers be regularly tested. Police unions had sought a restraining order against the city of Chicago. Judge Raymond Mitchell says the dispute over getting vaccinations should be

BERLIN (AP) — German police say they have registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus. This represents a significant pickup in the number of people arriving through a new and politically sensitive migration route. Federal police said on Monday that October saw 5,285 unauthorized entries “with

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board has recommended Gov. Kevin Stitt spare the life of death row inmate Julius Jones. The board voted 3-1 on Monday to recommend clemency for Jones and that his sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole. The

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses and officials say at least three people were killed and dozens more remain missing after the collapse of a 21-story apartment building being built in an upscale area of Nigeria’s largest city. Construction worker Eric Tetteh estimated that about 100 people were working at the

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin judge presiding over Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial opened jury selection with a round of “Jeopardy!”-like trivia, assuring potential jurors he doesn’t have COVID-19 and reaching back to the fall of the Roman Empire to emphasize the gravity of their duty. Kenosha County Circuit Judge

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is splitting up with Big Business. In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called corporate America “the instrument of anti-American ideologies.” Rubio bemoaned what he described was corporate America’s “wokeness,” and he proposed holding corporate leaders legally liable “when they

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A coroner has identified a young man and woman who died in a shooting at a suburban Chicago Halloween party that injured more than a dozen other people. The Herald-News of Joliet reports that Will County Coroner Laurie Summers said Monday that Holly Matthews and Jonathan Ceballos, both 22, were fatally

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Three police officers and two paramedics indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Colorado have made their first appearances in court since being charged. Officers Randy Roedema, Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt and fire department paramedic Jeremy Cooper and fire

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the Biden administration is already assembling and shipping millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11. The first shots could go into kids’ arms by midweek, and the U.S. has enough vaccine for all 28 million children in the age