SEPT. 4 – 10, 2021 From children playing in a park in Kabul, to an Indigenous women’s march in Brasilia, to a girl comemmorating the feast day of Cuba’s patron saint, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. The selection was curated…
DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden and his team are promoting an agreement reached with the U.S. airline industry to cut aircraft greenhouse-gas emissions 20% by decade’s end, but the deal might not fly. In an announcement Thursday, the White House unveiled an array of measures to reduce climate-changing emissions. The administration is also setting a goal of replacing all…
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said President Joe Biden’s effort to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is “ill conceived, divisive, and un-American.” “At a time in which we are called to work together, forced medical procedures run counter to our collective sense of fairness and liberty,” the Republican said in a statement. “My…
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Grandmother pleads guilty to helping plan killings of 8 people from rival family in child custody dispute. Categories: AP National News
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — 1 of 2 Wisconsin women who admitted to Slender Man attack to leave mental health facility Monday (CORRECTS to ‘women.’). Categories: AP National News
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Judge rules against major Apple app store policy, blocks requirement that app developers use Apple payment systems. Categories: AP National News
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says President Joe Biden is overreaching with his new requirement for employees of large businesses to be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19. The Republican governor said the Biden rule “requires pushback and response” but declined to say how the state would respond. Ducey has encouraged people to get vaccinated but has worked aggressively…
A report released this week in Arizona’s largest county falsely claims to have uncovered some 173,000 “lost” votes and 96,000 “ghost votes” in a private door-to-door canvassing effort, supposedly rendering the 2020 election in Maricopa County “uncertifiable.” But its conclusions aren’t supported by any evidence, according to county election officials and outside election experts, who called the report’s methods “quasi-science”…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school district, will require coronavirus vaccine for students 12 and up. Categories: AP National News
