At ‘moment of peril,’ Biden opens global summit on climate
Apr 22, 2021
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world’s most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese…
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Jury’s swift verdict for Chauvin in Floyd death: Guilty
Apr 21, 2021
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely over a day of jury deliberations,…
Out of sight but center stage, jurors weigh Chauvin’s fate
Apr 20, 2021
By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out…
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
Apr 19, 2021
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on…
Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
Apr 16, 2021
By CASEY SMITH INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said,…
US expels Russian diplomats, imposes new round of sanctions
Apr 15, 2021
By ERIC TUCKER and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats and sanctions against dozens of people and companies as it moved to hold the…
AP source: Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison
Apr 14, 2021
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the…
US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports
Apr 13, 2021
By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. In a joint statement Tuesday,…
Man shot, killed during Minnesota traffic stop sparks unrest
Apr 12, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Crowds of mourners and protesters gathered in a Minneapolis suburb where the family of a 20-year-old man said he died after being shot by police before getting back into his…
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99
Apr 09, 2021
By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined…