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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 …
Panel rejects proposals for decertifying police officers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's police accountability task force on Tuesday rejected proposals to automatically decertify police officers convicted of felonies and drug possession, as current and former law en…
UK hospitals struggle; tougher rules eyed to fight variant
LONDON (AP) — British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring.
With ‘Stillwater,’ Mallika Chopra brings mindfulness to kids
NEW YORK (AP) — When the producers of the new animated children’s series “Stillwater” asked Mallika Chopra to be the show’s “mindfulness consultant,” the meditation expert, author and speaker said she was immediate…
Month on, women hold the fort at India farmer protests
NEW DELHI (AP) — The men arrived first. And they arrived with a bang.
British hospitals scramble for space as virus cases soar
LONDON (AP) — British hospitals are canceling non-urgent procedures and scrambling to find space for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases continue to surge despite tough new restrictions imposed to curb a fast-sp…
Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the s…
Wiser resolutions? Lessons from COVID's unfulfilled ones
She’d wanted to frame and hang them — just three printed pictures that had been sitting in Lucy O’Donoghue’s suburban Atlanta house since the year began. That’s all. Yet with a full-time job and two small kids, she…
Russia: Former energy exec convicted of spying for Moldova
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow convicted a former top executive of a Russian state-controlled energy company on espionage charges Tuesday and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
Group that backed recreational pot told to identify donors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A mysterious organization that spent $5 million in support of Montana's successful ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana must identify its donors, the commissioner of political pra…
Major rail safety technology installed before deadline
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.
Trump's $2,000 checks stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's push for bigger $2,000
Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.
Final push to turn out voters in Georgia Senate runoff
ATLANTA (AP) — Campaigns and outside groups are making a final push to turn out election-weary Georgians whose votes will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Mississippi lt. governor: Teacher pay a priority in 2021
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday that giving teachers a pay raise will be the most important issue he pushes during the 2021 legislative session that opens next week.
EXPLAINER: Brexit ends Britons' right to live and work in EU
LONDON (AP) — So far, the large majority of British and EU citizens have not felt the realities of Brexit. Though the U.K. left the European Union on Jan. 31, it follows the bloc’s rules until the end of this year …