Nation and World
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Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico faces big cleanup
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained...
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Sweden's central bank hikes key interest rate by full point
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Sweden's central bank on Tuesday raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point to combat the highest inflation in more than 30 years...
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Judge blocks upcoming lethal injection in Alabama
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday blocked Alabama from executing an inmate who says the state lost his paperwork requesting an alternative to lethal inje...
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NYC ending vaccine mandate for private employers on Nov. 1
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - New York City will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers Nov. 1 but will continue to require its own workers to be inoculated, Mayor Er...
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Ethics board keeps 'action' secret on complaint against Noem
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's ethics board won't publicly disclose the 'œappropriate action'ť it took after finding evidence Gov. Kristi Noem intervened with a...
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Iran faces global criticism, protests over woman's death
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran faced international criticism on Tuesday over the death of a woman held by its morality police, which ignited three days of prote...
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Mexico's earthquake coincidence drives anxiety for many
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - As the parents of children killed when a school collapsed during Mexico's 2017 earthquake celebrated a Mass in their memory, the ground began to shake...
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Australian miner Fortescue reveals $6.2 billion carbon plan
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group announced on Tuesday a $6.2 billion plan to eliminate fossil fuels and carbon emissions from ...
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Live updates: UN General Assembly
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Latest on the opening day of the U.N. General Assembly's annual high-level meeting (all times EDT): 8:25 p.m. El Salvador President Nayib Bukel...
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Uganda confirms at least 1 case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan health authorities on Tuesday reported that a man who died a day earlier had tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola. They said i...