US and Russia try to lower temperature in Ukraine crisis
Jan 21, 2022
By MATTHEW LEE and JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a heated standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-level, high-stakes talks…
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Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster
Jan 20, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster after…
19-year-old woman sets record for solo global flight
Jan 20, 2022
By MARTA FIORIN and RAF CASERT KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) — The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down…
New York AG says Trump’s company misled banks, tax officials
Jan 19, 2022
By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office late Tuesday told a court its investigators have uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset…
Sinema, Manchin slammed as Senate begins voting bill debate
Jan 18, 2022
By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing stark criticism from civil rights leaders, senators return to Capitol Hill under intense pressure to change their rules and break a Republican filibuster that has hopelessly stalled voting legislation.…
On MLK Day, Yellen says US economy is unfair to Black people
Jan 17, 2022
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. economy “has never worked fairly for Black Americans — or, really, for any American of color,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a speech delivered Monday, one of many by…
Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
Jan 14, 2022
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses…
China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics
Jan 13, 2022
By HUIZHONG WU TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a…
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
Jan 12, 2022
By MARIA CHENG and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP - Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which…
Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill
Jan 11, 2022
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, COLLEEN LONG and JEFF AMY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy…