Tag: United States government
Leaders honor late Rep. Hastings as an outspoken fighter
<p>WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and colleagues remembered Rep. Alcee Hastings on Wednesday as a straight-talking, tenacious champion for the disadvantaged who overcame hurdles in...
6th body recovered from wreckage of capsized Gulf vessel
NEW ORLEANS — A sixth victim has been recovered from the wreckage of a lift boat that capsized last week off the coast of...
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a president’s power to limit entry to the U.S., a response to former...
US hits Myanmar timber and pearl firms with coup sanctions
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday ramped up pressure against Myanmar’s military government by imposing sanctions on two state-owned companies responsible for significant...
FDA inspection found problems at factory making J&J vaccine
The Baltimore factory contracted to make Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was dirty, didn’t follow proper manufacturing procedures and had poorly trained staff, resulting...
NY man’s trial starts for Jan. 6-related online threats
NEW YORK — A prosecutor urged a jury in a trial's opening statement Wednesday to convict a New York man who threatened to kill...
US takes new aim at ransomware after most costly year
<p>WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is taking new aim at ransomware after a year that officials say was the most costly on record for...
Pelosi floats new proposal for bipartisan Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is renewing her push for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, floating a new...
As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts
<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Climate scientists <a href="https://apnews.com/article/f9732784135c4f4a8963daff79e2583e">have </a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/843e1c7d1fdd494fb73bdfda47283fc9">warned </a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-deadly-winter-storms-2021-df7d37d12ef13633bb5666e1151bcf9e">for </a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-climate-change-climate-fires-weather-d7d327453d725d4eed328063c78a03a1">years </a> that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like...
US hits Myanmar timber and pearl firms with coup sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday ramped up pressure against Myanmar’s military government by imposing sanctions on two state-owned companies responsible for significant...