Listen to JazzPHXOil giant BP agreed Thursday to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in Indiana under an agreement with regulators and activists who accused the...
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Celebs, fashion, 24k chicken wings at Miami Art Basel
MIAMI (AP) — After a pandemic hiatus, the official Art Basel show is back in Miami with all its eccentric glory, a dizzying list of celebrity attendees and dozens of...
Dec. 2, 2021
Armed man outside UN arrested after standoff, lockdown
NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations headquarters in New York City was locked down for several hours Thursday after a man was seen pacing outside one of its main...
Dec. 2, 2021
Donations improve how kids learn amid ongoing COVID concerns
When COVID-19 forced Claire Mansur to teach her fourth-grade reading students online instead of in the classroom, she thought about giving up as a teacher. Students at Gladstone Elementary School...
Dec. 2, 2021
'The fire that's here': US is still battling delta variant
While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to...
Dec. 2, 2021
10th juror seated at trial of officer who shot Daunte Wright
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection moved forward Thursday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright's shooting death, with a 10th juror seated ahead of...
Dec. 2, 2021
Portugal experts to study church sex abuse, not investigate
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The lay head of a new Portuguese Catholic Church committee on child sex abuse urged victims Thursday to come forward but stressed his group's task is...
Dec. 2, 2021
A weary pope urges Greek, Turkish Cypriots to heal division
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday urged Greek Cypriots and the breakaway Turkish Cypriots to resume talks on reunifying the Mediterranean island nation, saying threats and shows of...
Dec. 2, 2021
Virginia House recount underway; could affirm GOP majority
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Election officials began the painstaking process Thursday of recounting votes in one of two unresolved races in Virginia that will settle whether Republicans have reclaimed...
Dec. 2, 2021
Police: Homeless man fatally stabbed teen without motive
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A homeless man with a history of random violence fatally stabbed a 14-year-old boy riding his bike during a chance encounter and without apparent motive,...
Dec. 2, 2021
Live updates: Swiss international school ordered to isolate
GENEVA — Swiss health authorities have ordered the entire student body and staff of a branch of a renowned international school – some 2,000 people -- to go into quarantine...
Dec. 2, 2021
Conflict over abortion laws won't abate if Roe v. Wade falls
On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion — is imperiled as...
Dec. 2, 2021
Lawyer: Attack on Smollett was real, brothers sought payoff
CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s lawyer suggested Thursday that an aspiring actor and his brother committed an anti-gay, racist attack against the former “Empire” actor because they didn't like him,...
Dec. 2, 2021
IOC says it had 2nd video call with tennis player Peng Shuai
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee said it held a second video call with Peng Shuai but again didn't release any video or transcript nor make any reference...
Dec. 2, 2021
Celebs, fashion, 24k chicken wings kick of Miami's Art Basel
MIAMI (AP) — After a pandemic hiatus, the official Art Basel show is back in Miami with all its eccentric glory, a dizzying list of celebrity attendees and dozens of...
Dec. 2, 2021
Austria's new chancellor resigns; predecessor quits politics
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Thursday he is stepping down just two months after taking over from predecessor Sebastian Kurz, who stumbled over corruption allegations. Schallenberg, a...
Dec. 2, 2021
Starbucks fights expanding unionization effort at its stores
Starbucks is fighting an expanded effort to unionize its stores, even as a union vote proceeds at three of the coffee-chain's locations in Buffalo, New York. Union organizers from three...
Dec. 2, 2021
New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autism
New autism numbers released Thursday suggest more U.S. children are being diagnosed with the developmental condition and at younger ages. In an analysis of 2018 data from nearly a dozen...
Dec. 2, 2021
Armed man outside UN prompts standoff, lockdown
NEW YORK (AP) — United Nations headquarters in New York City was locked down Thursday for several hours after a man was seen pacing nearby with what police said appeared...
Dec. 2, 2021
As omicron looms, US is still battling the delta wave
While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to...
Dec. 2, 2021
Despite migrant deaths, Iraqi Kurds still seek out smugglers
RANYA, Iraq (AP) — Shoes pile up outside the Mamand home in northern Iraq from relatives and friends who have streamed inside to offer solace as they anxiously await news...
Dec. 2, 2021
Complaint: UF wants to ax 'critical race' from study title
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — University of Florida administrators told faculty members they couldn’t used the words “critical” and “race” together in describing a new study, out of fear that it...
Dec. 2, 2021
UN on lockdown after armed man seen pacing outside gate
NEW YORK (AP) — United Nations headquarters in New York City was locked down Thursday after a man was seen pacing nearby with what police said appeared to be a...
Dec. 2, 2021
Top buyer Egypt shops around at its international arms fair
Egypt on Thursday concluded its second international weapons fair, as one of the Middle East’s largest armies looks to grow its arsenal while moving away from U.S. suppliers. The four-day...
Dec. 2, 2021
Election workers sue conservative site over fraud claims
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against a conservative website, accusing it of knowingly publishing and spreading false stories saying they engaged in ballot...
Dec. 2, 2021
