By LAURAN NEERGAARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tu…
Final results in NY, Kentucky primaries could be days away
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and ALAN FRAM Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Voters endured 90-minute waits in Kentucky’s second-largest city, but the biggest hurdle i…
Prosecutor: Trump ally Roger Stone was ‘treated differently’
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress on Wednesday that Roger Stone, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was g…
AP-NORC poll: Nearly all in US back criminal justice reform
By COLLEEN LONG and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for officers who do so exce…
Once reluctant, GOP’s only Black senator now leads on race
By LISA MASCARO and HILARY POWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When he first ran for office in 1994, they scrawled the N-word on his lawn signs. By the time he came to Congress, he had to unplug…
The battle is not over: Rising infections seen worldwide
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, FRANK JORDANS and NICK PERRY Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Renewed lockdown measures in a German region where hundreds of coronavirus cases sprung up at a slaughterhouse and …
Crowds mourn Rayshard Brooks at storied Atlanta church
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, tak…
Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When some Georgia voters endured a pandemic, pouring rain and massive waits earlier this month to cast their ballot, President Donald Trump and other Rep…
Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag drew opposition Tuesday from two big forces in the culturally conservative state: Southern Baptis…
Despite green pledges, Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15%
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday that its carbon footprint rose 15% last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment. The online sh…