FBI chief to face questions about extremism, Capitol riot
Mar 02, 2021
By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray is set to testify for the first time since the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with lawmakers likely to press him on whether…
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Netanyahu accuses Iran of attacking Israeli-owned cargo ship
Mar 01, 2021
By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, a mysterious explosion that further spiked security…
Militia official: US strike in Syria kills 1, wounds several
Feb 26, 2021
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, LOLITA C. BALDOR, and ROBERT BURNS BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, killing one of their militiamen and wounding a…
FDA says J&J 1-dose shot prevents COVID; final decision soon
Feb 24, 2021
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final…
Security officials cast blame for Jan. 6 failures at Capitol
Feb 23, 2021
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection, former security officials are poised to cast blame on the Pentagon, the intelligence community and each other…
US coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000
Feb 22, 2021
By JOHN RABY AP News - The U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was…
Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South
Feb 19, 2021
By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEED AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Many of the millions of Texans who lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid now have it back,…
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
Feb 18, 2021
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting. Minorities…
100 million Americans brace for more cold, ice and snow
Feb 17, 2021
By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEED AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the…
Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell
Feb 16, 2021
By JASON DEAREN, JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA AP - Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1…