By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first person to be tried in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was a Texas militia member who advocated for physically removing and repl…
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UN report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s future
By REBECCA SANTANA and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017. Then in 2020, ferocious winds from Hur…
Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Peace Corps will start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic…
Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries?
By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer Why are COVID-19 vaccination rates still low in some countries? Limited supplies remain a problem, but experts say other challenges now include unpredictable delive…
Takeaways as Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal…
As refugee numbers soar, many haunted by terror of war
By VANESSA GERA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — It took Tatyana Pelykh and her 11-year-old son four days of travel and a wait of nearly 48 hours at the border crossing to esc…
UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world’s heaviest imp…
Pfizer shots protect kids from severe COVID even in omicron
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge that hit youngsters especial…
Black female WWII unit recognized with congressional honor
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The House voted Monday to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal. The 422-0 vote…
UN climate report: ‘Atlas of human suffering’ worse, bigger
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more…