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Flapper follies
OTHELLO — The play opening Thursday at Othello High School promises to be the bee’s knees. Perhaps even the cat’s …
Virus, policing topped 2020 issues in state legislatures
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that will take effect in the new year.
NYC public relations impresario Howard Rubenstein dies at 88
NEW YORK (AP) — Public relations veteran Howard Rubenstein, who for decades polished and protected the images of New York celebrities and power brokers from George Steinbrenner to Donald Trump, has died. He was 88.
Yemen deputy chief of Aden health office: Explosion at city's airport as government plane landed killed 16, wounded 60
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen deputy chief of Aden health office: Explosion at city's airport as government plane landed killed 16, wounded 60.
AP Lifestyles Digest
Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Dec. 28.
Migrants from Bosnia camp kept in buses as relocation halted
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of migrants from a burned-out tent camp in northwest Bosnia on Wednesday remained packed in buses where they had spent the night after an attempt to relocate them failed, r…
EU, China leaders seal long-awaited investment deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a business investment deal Wednesday that will open big opportunities to European companies, but has the potential to irk the …
The Latest: Britain OKs vaccine by Oxford-AstraZeneca
LONDON — Britain has authorized use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for the world.”
Virtually shivering: Crowded Jan. 1 polar plunges put on ice
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has poured cold water all over the tradition of gathering en masse to ring in the new year by taking an icy plunge, but organizers are going with the floe.
Scandal-battered utility now faces specter of pricy lawsuits
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s largest electric utility, its reputation battered by scandal, has been besieged by more than a dozen lawsuits filed by angry shareholders who include some of the country’s biggest institutio…
Lawsuit: Lakewood K-9 officer had dog attack man in custody
SEATTLE (AP) — A Pierce County man has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against a Lakewood police K-9 handler and his supervisors, claiming the officer had his dog, K-9 Rock, attack him after he had been taken …
COVID-19 spike found at Renton homeless hotel
SEATTLE (AP) — Since mid-December, 30 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a hotel housing more than 200 homeless people in Renton, according to Public Health — Seattle & King County.
Yemeni official: Blast at Aden airport kills 16, wounds 60
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 16 …
Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Leavenworth, Wash.
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office ordered downtown Leavenworth evacuated Tuesday night after a male caller told a 911 dispatcher that he had placed an explosive device in a garbage can.
US says it won't allow Pearl murder suspect to evade justice
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. warned Wednesday it won’t allow a Pakistani man who was convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl to evade justice after a provincial court in Pa…
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: