BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Edwin Edwards, flamboyant former Louisiana governor who served time for racketeering, dies at age 93. Categories: AP National News
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has reported more than 1,000 coronavirus cases for the sixth straight day as the greater capital area entered stringent social distancing restrictions to slow transmissions. The 1,100 new cases reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency were the highest ever for a Monday, when the daily increase is usually smaller because of…
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson has reached space aboard his own winged rocket ship. Categories: AP National News
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The largest of the Navajo Nation casinos is preparing to reopen for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The Twin Arrows Resort Casino east of Flagstaff has been closed since March 2020. Officials have planned a job fair Saturday ahead of the Monday reopening. The casino will have limited hours and a 50% occupancy level…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Confederate statue in Charlottesville that helped spark a violent 2017 rally is lifted off its pedestal for removal. Categories: AP National News
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Work is underway to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew white supremacists to Charlottesville. Categories: AP National News
JULY 3 – 9, 2021 From an annual yoga meeting in a Mexican desert, to suspects in the assassination of the Haitian president, to a child mourning his father who died from COVID-19 in Manila, 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….
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has set a new high in daily coronavirus cases for the third straight day as officials prepare to enforce the strongest social distancing restrictions in the greater capital area where transmission have surged following months of complacency. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Saturday that more than 1,000 of the 1,378 new…
MIAMI (AP) — ‘We need help,’ Haiti’s interim prime minister says in interview confirming request for US troops to stabilize country. Categories: AP National News
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville says on Saturday it plans to remove statue of Confederate Gen. Lee that drew white supremacists to city. Categories: AP National News
