US trade deficit surges in July to highest in 12 years
Sep 03, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit surged in July to $63.6 billion, the highest level in 12 years, as imports jumped by a record amount. The Commerce Department reported that the…
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Health officials worry nation not ready for COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 02, 2020
By LIZ SZABO AP - Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of…
Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
Sep 01, 2020
By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is diving into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over…
State police returning to Portland following deadly shooting
Aug 31, 2020
By GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters that led…
Thousands expected at March on Washington commemorations
Aug 28, 2020
By AARON MORRISON WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence…
Laura blasts Gulf Coast with wind, rain and wall of seawater
Aug 27, 2020
By GERALD HERBERT, MELINDA DESLATTE and STACEY PLAISANCE LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain Thursday and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push…
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
Aug 26, 2020
By JEFF MARTIN, JOHN MONE and STACEY PLAISANCE GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength on Wednesday, forecast to become an “extremely powerful Category 4 hurricane” when it strikes Texas and Louisiana. Officials…
Jacob Blake’s dad says son left paralyzed by police shooting
Aug 25, 2020
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and SCOTT BAUER KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Black man shot multiple times, apparently in the back, by police in Wisconsin is paralyzed from the waist down and has “eight holes” in…
Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
Aug 24, 2020
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, CATHY BUSSEWITZ, JOHN FLESHER, MATTHEW BROWN and MICHAEL CASEY AP - Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise…
Postmaster says ‘no idea’ mailboxes, equipment being removed
Aug 21, 2020
By LISA MASCARO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he had “no idea” blue mailboxes and sorting machines were being removed until a public uproar nationwide, as he testifies…