By DAVID KOENIG and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system desig…
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Power outages linger for millions as another icy storm looms
By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEED Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Millions of Americans endured another frigid day without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm as utility …
NASA rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fie…
Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell
By JASON DEAREN, JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige…
Riot lawsuit just part of Trump’s post-impeachment problems
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Acquitted by the Senate of inciting last month’s U.S. Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump faces more fallout …
Dozens charged in Capitol riots spewed extremist rhetoric
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — In a text message, a radicalized Trump supporter suggested getting a boat to ferry “heavy weapons” across the Potomac Ri…
Survey: Black Americans attend church and pray more often
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most attend churches that are predominantly Black, yet many …
The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories
By DAVID KLEPPER, FARNOUSH AMIRI and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe i…
Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic i…
Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Nory Yamileth Hernández and her three teenage children have been living in a battered tent under a bridge on the outskirts of San Pedro …