By KELVIN CHAN, JONATHAN LEMIRE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WINDSOR, England (AP) — President Joe Biden and his aviator sunglasses met Queen Elizabeth II on bright Sunday afternoon. The queen hosted the president and first lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle, her royal residence near London. Biden flew to London after wrapping up his…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press NEWQUAY, England (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday said the United States had restored its presence on the world stage as he used his first overseas trip since taking office to connect with a new generation of leaders from some of the world’s most…
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that all of its staff be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Houston Methodist Hospital system suspended 178 employees without pay last week over their refusal to get vaccinated. Of them, 117 sued seeking to overturn…
By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — During the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic, Martha Medina would occasionally slip into her shuttered store on Los Angeles’ oldest street to ensure everything was secure. Colorful folklorico dresses from each of Mexico’s 32 states lined the walls. Black charro suits worn by mariachis and…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, AAMER MADHANI and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — The United States plans to push democratic allies on Saturday to publicly call out China for forced labor practices as the Group of Seven leaders gather at a summit where they will also unveil an infrastructure plan meant to compete…
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday that Franco-British relations could only be reset if he stood by the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the European Union. The source said Macron told Johnson there needed to be a ‘reset’ of Franco-British relations and that…
BEIJING (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats appear to have had another sharply worded exchange, with Beijing saying it told the U.S. to cease interfering in its internal affairs and accusing Washington of politicizing the search for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Due to lagging demand for shots, Mississippi has not accepted new vaccine doses from the federal government for two weeks and has asked that well over three-quarters of a million doses the U.S. government set aside for the state be transferred elsewhere, officials say….
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes in photography Friday for its coverage of the racial injustice protests and the coronavirus’s toll on the elderly, while The New York Times received the public service award for its detailed, data-filled reporting on the pandemic. In a year dominated by COVID-19 and…
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and DAVID SHARP, Associated Press/Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a pandemic labor crunch mean that many fewer young campers will attend, and those who do will have to observe coronavirus precautions for the…
By STEFANIE DAZIO, JAKE BLEIBERG and KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop. And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China administered about 20.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on June 10, bringing the total number administered to 845.30 million, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) Copyright 2021 Thomson Reuters. Source link
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who let violent, far-right protesters into the state Capitol on Dec. 21. Legislators said on the House floor that this could be the most…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press A former California police chief and five other men have been indicted on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents made public Thursday. The men — four of whom prosecutors say identify as members of the Three Percenters antigovernment extremist movement…
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Almost a half-year after a Republican legislator let violent, far-right protesters into the Oregon State Capitol, a committee of six lawmakers on Thursday approved a resolution recommended he be the first member of the House to be expelled in its 160-year history. Rep. Paul Holvey, the…
By LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow people to move between European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra coronavirus tests, paving the way for the pass to start in time for summer. The widely awaited certificate is aimed at…
By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China. The 68-32 vote for the bill demonstrates how confronting China economically is an…