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By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will begin conducting weekly, random COVID-19 tests of unvaccinated students in the nation’s largest school district in an attempt to more quickly spot outbreaks in classrooms. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement Monday, a day after the city’s

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Even after his death, a Missouri police officer has helped a fellow officer in a time of need. Twenty-two-year-old Independence Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, who graduated from the police academy just two months ago, was fatally shot by a suspect on Wednesday. The suspect also died in the shootout. Madrid-Evans was an

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected this week to send its clearest signal yet that it will start reining in its ultra-low-interest rate policies later this year, the first step toward unwinding the extraordinary support it’s given the economy since the pandemic struck 18 months ago. Many

LONOKE, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas sheriff’s deputy charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a teenager has been released on $15,000 bond. Former Lonoke County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Michael Davis was released following a brief hearing Monday. Davis was charged with felony manslaughter in the shooting death of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain during a June

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s indicted corporate finance chief told a judge Monday he has “strong reason to believe” more indictments are coming in an ongoing New York investigation into the former president’s real estate empire. Lawyer Bryan Scarlatos made the remark during Trump Organization

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park. The trees known as the Four Guardsmen were successfully protected from the KNP Complex fire by removal of nearby vegetation and fire-resistant material wrapped around the

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the German Bishops’ Conference has defended the pope’s decision to allow the archbishop of Hamburg to stay on at this post, despite being faulted for his handling of sexual abuse allegations within the church. Limburg Bishop Georg Baetzing said on Monday that he understands how people feel about the

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit ‘The View’ studio on Friday for her sixth appearance on the daytime chat show — but her first as vice president. The show’s panelists will question her on the pandemic, Afghanistan and other topics. She was on ‘The View’ three times during the 2020 presidential

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has refused to suspend a government decision allowing a former Venezuelan spymaster to be extradited to the United States. Lawyers for Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for over a decade was late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s eyes and ears in the Venezuelan military, asked the court to put the Spanish

BERLIN (AP) — The German Journalists Association on Monday condemned attacks by police against reporters covering a far-left protest in the eastern city of Leipzig on Saturday. The union said at least three journalists were physically assaulted by officers, while several other reporters said they were hindered from doing their work by police despite showing

WARSAW, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say authorities killed a man who fired at officers in northern Kentucky over the weekend. State police are investigating Saturday morning’s shooting in Gallatin County. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office says man had fired in the direction of several officers and they shot back. He was pronounced dead

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade have apologized for their role in bringing another day of traffic chaos to London’s major ring road. But they said the road blocks would continue unless a dialogue opens up. For the fourth time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal investigation is underway after arson damaged a historic Kansas City, Missouri, church that now serves a congregation predominantly made up of people from South Sudan. John Ham of the Kansas City office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told the Kansas City Star that authorities