AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains — and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance, Pfizer and Moderna are set to begin shipping millions of doses. A third U.S. manufacturer,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting earlier this year of a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who headed a nonprofit. The killings stunned many in the troubled Caribbean country. Police released a video on social media late on Wednesday, showing
Continue ReadingLAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man dropped his lawsuit accusing former NBA star Dwight Howard of sexual assault after attorneys for Howard alleged the man deleted text messages showing their encounter was consensual. Stephen Harper dismissed the case in a filing in Gwinnett County court on Tuesday. The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump brought along
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Powdr Corp. is selling Vermont’s Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, the largest mountain resort in New England, to a group of local passholders. Powdr also said it plans to list three other resorts for sale in the coming weeks. Those are Eldora, in Colorado; Mt. Bachelor, in Oregon; and SilverStar, in British Columbia.
Continue ReadingSTERLING, Mass. (AP) — Firefighters and other rescue agencies have responded to the scene of an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry site in Massachusetts. Aerial images of the site in Sterling are being shown on local news stations. It wasn’t immediately known if anyone was inside the excavator. The Sterling Fire
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A second former Memphis police officer charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols last year is changing his not-guilty plea, in a case that sparked outrage and calls for police reform. Emmitt Martin is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Mark Norris
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s navy says there was “no deeper message” in the choice to blast the famed Imperial March — Darth Vader’s theme song in the “Star Wars” films — from one of its warships as it cruised down the River Thames through London this week. A bystander captured the spectacle Monday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him down have pleaded not guilty to murder charges. The former Hyatt Hotel employees entered the pleas Thursday morning. Each of them faces one count of being party to felony murder in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say it’s mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public. That’s according to newly published laws covering aspects of everyday life from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue. The Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has approved the laws, a ministry spokesman said Wednesday. The laws
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased this week to its lowest level in 15 months. That’s welcome relief for home shoppers navigating a housing market that remains out of reach for many Americans. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate fell to 6.46% from 6.49% last week. A
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged. The ruling is the latest attempt by Maduro to blunt protests and international criticism that erupted after the contested July 28
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — Labor Day is a holiday celebrating the American worker. But from barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark it by finding ways to relax. This year is the 130th anniversary of the holiday. It’s celebrated on the first Monday of September. While actions by
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A crash and large fire along a California freeway involving an electric Tesla Semi has drawn the attention of federal safety investigators. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s sending a team of investigators mainly to look into fire risks posed by lithium-ion batteries. The team will work with the
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man and woman have been charged with manslaughter in western New York after they left their 3-month-old baby alone in an attic with two dogs and the child was fatally mauled. Police say 19-year-old Sulamain Hawkins and Anastasia Weaver were at a home in Rochester in early August
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By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A Greek-flagged oil tanker carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil poses an “environmental hazard” after it came under attack from projectiles and arms fire in the Red Sea. The 25-person crew of the Sounion oil tanker was rescued after the attack by a vessel from Eunavfor Aspides, a European
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says it has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avert the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs for U.S. Senate. The Greenbrier resort came under threat of auction after JPMorgan Chase sold a longstanding loan to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand has crashed shortly after taking off from the main airport in the Thai capital Bangkok. Thai media said rescuers found no survivors at the crash site in a mangrove swamp about 40 kilometers southeast of the airport. Nine people were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Naming two baby giraffes turned out to be a tall order this summer for a Berlin zoo. After the half-siblings were born on June 24 and Aug. 11 in the Tierpark, one of the city’s two zoos, officials turned to a school class and the 18-year-old daughter of the zoo
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have closed one of two investigations into the performance of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles after the company agreed to do a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in the probe began in December of 2022 after the agency received reports of inappropriate hard braking and
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