September 4, 2020

Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike?

HARTFORD, Conn. — Americans headed into Labor Day weekend — the unofficial end to the Lost Summer of 2020 — amid warnings from public health […]
September 4, 2020

Wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections

BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. wildlife officials on Friday proposed making it easier to carve out exemptions from habitat protections meant to save imperiled species, by […]
September 4, 2020

Judge OKs extradition for men accused of aiding Ghosn escape

BOSTON — Two American men accused of smuggling Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct […]
September 4, 2020

63-month prison sentence for man in car ferry embezzlement

LUDINGTON, Mich. — A man who handled finances at a Lake Michigan ferry company has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison […]
September 4, 2020

Texas assistant AG loses job after reports of QAnon posts

AUSTIN, Texas — An assistant attorney general in Texas who ran for Congress this year has lost his job after reports surfaced of him describing […]
September 4, 2020

Serbia, Kosovo normalize economic ties, gesture to Israel

WASHINGTON — Serbia and Kosovo announced Friday that they have normalized economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered discussions that also include Belgrade moving its Israeli […]
September 4, 2020

Video captures health worker poking body, woman arrested

DAPHNE, Ala. — A woman was charged with corpse abuse after video showed a health care worker mistreating the body of a deceased resident at […]
September 4, 2020

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered the military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite Congressional efforts […]
September 4, 2020

Restaurant built in 1784, casualty of pandemic, to be razed

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A restaurant and onetime inn built along a stagecoach route in 1784 has closed permanently, another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, and […]
September 4, 2020

Portland's grim reality: 100 days of protests, many violent

PORTLAND, Ore. — Once hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a […]