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Obama's memoir...
HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17

The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day.
6 years ago
Olympic hopefuls...
TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click away

USA Bobsled and Skeleton couldn't hit the road recruiting this summer due to the pandemic. So, they made Olympic hopefuls come to them and do so online.
6 years ago
Floodwaters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made ...
JAY REEVES, ANGIE WANG and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press

Hurricane Sally unleashes flooding, hundreds rescued

Hurricane Sally has lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line with 105 mph winds and rain measured in feet, not inches.
6 years ago
Trump COVID-19...
LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

‘Law and order’ is a campaign focus, so what are the numbers really like?

Several cities have seen a sobering surge in murders this summer, but those numbers capture only a small snapshot of crime in the United States.
6 years ago
FILE - In this June 4, 2019, file photo, Kevin Warren talks to reporters after being named Big Ten ...
RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Big Ten changes course, aims for October start to football

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after the conference announced it would push football and other fall sports to spring because of the pandemic, the conference changed course.
6 years ago
FILE- In this March 23, 2020 image made from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP...
MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Police leaders pressed Rochester to keep Prude video secret

Newly released emails show Rochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s suffocation death because they feared violent blowback if the video came out during nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
6 years ago
storm calm...
JAY REEVES, ANGIE WANG and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press

Hurricane Sally blasts ashore in Alabama with punishing rain

Hurricane Sally has finally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, with top winds of 105 mph. The coast is being pummeled with sideways rain and beach-covering storm surges.
6 years ago
Air quality western wildfires...
SARA CLINE and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

Seeping under doors, bad air from West’s fires won’t ease up

People in Oregon, Washington state and California have been struggling for a week or longer under some of the most unhealthy air on the planet.
6 years ago
Trump Bahrain UAE peace Israel...
DEB RIECHMANN, MATTHEW LEE and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

Israel signs peace pacts with two Arab states

Israel signs diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at the White House which President Donald Trump hopes will mark the "dawn of a new Middle East."
6 years ago
Breonna Taylor settlement...
DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press

City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor’s mom, reform police

The city of Louisville will pay millions to the mother of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement.
6 years ago
immigration Georgia...
Associated Press

Nurse questions medical care at immigration detention center in Georgia

A nurse at an immigration detention center in Georgia says authorities performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.
6 years ago
lego bags...
JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer

Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets

Lego says it will be ditching the plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replacing them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and the expects plastic bags be completely gone in the next 5 years.
6 years ago
Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia...
Associated Press

Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia

ndeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said Monday.
6 years ago
saggy pants...
Colby Walker

Florida city repeals 13-year ban on saggy pants

After 13 years, a South Florida city has overturned a ban on “saggy pants” — bottoms that reveal the wearer’s underwear.
6 years ago
TikTok Oracle...
Colby Walker

Q&A: What does a deal between TikTok and Oracle mean?

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as a new American technology partner to help keep the popular video-sharing app operating in the U.S.
6 years ago
TikTok Oralce...
MATT O'BRIEN and TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writers

TikTok owner picks Oracle over Microsoft as US tech partner

A person familiar with the deal says TikTok's owner has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as the tech partner that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S.
6 years ago
Abraham Lincoln's hair...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair sells for more than $81,000

A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair along with a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination has been sold at auction for more than $81,000.
6 years ago
Latest: Most missing now accounted for in Oregon blaze...
Associated Press

Latest: Most missing now accounted for in Oregon blaze

Authorities say almost all of the people listed as missing from a deadly wildfire in southern Oregon have been accounted for.
6 years ago
xford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is develop...
PAN PYLAS Associated Press

Oxford, AstraZeneca resumes coronavirus vaccine trial

Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca
6 years ago
Pandemic chases 'Wonder Woman 1984' to Dec. 25...
JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

Pandemic chases ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ to Dec. 25

NEW YORK (AP) — Following the less-than-stellar theatrical debut of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” Warner Bros. is delaying its next big release, “Wonder Woman 1984,” to Christmas. The postponement of the “Wonder Woman” sequel, which had been scheduled to hit theaters Oct. 2, comes on the heels of Hollywood’s strongest attempt to lure moviegoers back to […]
6 years ago
Oregon fires...
ANDREW SELSKY and SARA CLINE Associated Press

Dozens missing as firefighters battle two large Oregon fires

Dozens of people are missing in Oregon as firefighter continues to battle two large fires sweeping through many parts of the state.
6 years ago
wildfire misinformation...
ALI SWENSON Associated Press

Officials battle online misinformation along with wildfires

Emergency responders in the Pacific Northwest are fighting misinformation along with raging wildfires as people spread rumors blaming arsonists from both the far left and far right for setting the blazes.
6 years ago
Floyd death...
STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press

Prosecutors: Similar charges warrant 1 trial in Floyd death

Prosecutors in the case of four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd say the men should face trial together because the evidence and charges against them are similar.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, a news photographer takes pictures of a wildfire in the La...
JANIE HAR and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

Media access to wildfires, disasters varies widely by state

Journalists have captured searing, intimate images of active and dangerous wildfires burning California, due in large part to a state law that guarantees press virtually unfettered access to disaster sites. That’s not the case everywhere as rules about media access vary by state, and even by government agency.
6 years ago