Month: November 2021

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has handed President Joe Biden a marquee victory. It’s approved his far-reaching, roughly $2 trillion social and environment bill. It happened Friday after Democrats cast aside disputes that for months had stalled the measure and hampered efforts to sell their priorities to voters. The House

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an Indiana woman allegedly sold her 13-year-old daughter to a 27-year-old man before she and her husband forced her to marry him and then celebrated the wedding with a party. The girl’s mother is charged in Allen County with child selling where the defendant transfers or receives property

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a Nov. 12 story about the involuntary manslaughter trial of Kansas City, Missouri, police Officer Eric J. DeValkenaere, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the case was the first in which a white officer in the city was charged in the death of a Black person. It was not.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s first post-White House book will be, like so much else about him, a departure from other former presidents. Trump is publishing a hardcover collection of hundreds of photographs from his administration, featuring his own captions, some handwritten. “Our Journey Together” is scheduled for

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a case in which prosecutors said police planted evidence. Jackson County Judge Dale Youngs issued the verdict Friday against

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it. NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to cover ongoing medical treatment and expenses for a young girl who was injured in a crash involving former assistant coach Britt Reid. Attorneys for the team and the family of Ariel Young say the agreement will provide “world-class medical care and long-term financial

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas jury continues to deliberate in the first murder case against a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span. The jurors are considering the capital murder charge against 48-year-old Billy Chemirmir in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris. They appeared to be

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. booster campaign is getting a lot simpler now that regulators have opened extra vaccine shots to all adults. The Food and Drug Administration’s Dr. Peter Marks says the new approach will streamline booster decisions as COVID-19 cases begin rising again across the country. The