Facebook board’s Trump decision could have wider impacts
May 05, 2021
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP - Since the day after the deadly riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts have been silent — muzzled for inciting violence using the…
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How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
May 04, 2021
By ALEXIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPBELL and JOE YERARDI AP News - Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their…
US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border
May 03, 2021
By ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what…
EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’
Apr 30, 2021
By KATHY GANNON KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within the U.S.…
Feds raid Giuliani’s home, office, escalating criminal probe
Apr 29, 2021
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into…
US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran
Apr 28, 2021
By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy…
Cooling the temperature: Biden faces fractious Congress
Apr 27, 2021
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — Can lawmakers all just listen to the president — even for one night? Recent history is not assuring. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted “you lie!” at President Barack…
Nomadland’ wins best picture at a social distanced Oscars
Apr 26, 2021
By JAKE COYLE AP - Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao became the…
SpaceX launches 3rd crew with recycled rocket and capsule
Apr 23, 2021
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Musk’s rapidly expanding…
At ‘moment of peril,’ Biden opens global summit on climate
Apr 22, 2021
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world’s most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese…