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NEW YORK (AP) - All New York City employers will have to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers under new rules announced Monday by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The vaccine mandate for private busin...
Dec 06, 2021
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's environmentalist Greens say their members have approved a deal to form a new coalition government with two other parties, clearing the way for parliament to elect Olaf Scholz a...
Dec 06, 2021
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The leader of the Solomon Islands has survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament following riots in the capital city last month. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare tol...
Dec 05, 2021
BANGKOK (AP) - A special court in Myanmar's capital sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coro...
Dec 05, 2021
Buck O'Neil never uttered a single word of bitterness or regret about not being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Till the end, he urged those who loved and rooted for him to do the same. Now, lon...
Dec 05, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindlin...
Dec 05, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of "Easy Company," which inspired the HBO miniseries and book "Band of Brothers," has died. He was 99. An o...
Dec 04, 2021
MOSCOW (AP) - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak by telephone on Tuesday as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian...
Dec 04, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand to give emotional testimony accusing the British socialite o...
Dec 04, 2021
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday for the final leg of a two-day Gulf tour. Concerns over Iran's nuclear progra...
Dec 04, 2021