Category: Local

  • Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

    Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

    [ad_1] DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Shafiqul Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh. After undergoing guerrilla training in India, he returned to fight against Pakistani soldiers. “It was a time of total destruction,” he said. “Our bridges and roads were destroyed, our women…

  • Blocked Boulder assault-weapons ban renews gun law questions

    Blocked Boulder assault-weapons ban renews gun law questions

    [ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Nearly three years before a gunman walked into a crowded supermarket in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with an AR-15 style weapon and killed 10 people, the city of Boulder, Colorado, voted to ban assault weapons. Leaders had hoped to prevent the kind of mass shooting that’s struck…

  • Myanmar court to review detention of AP, other journalists

    Myanmar court to review detention of AP, other journalists

    [ad_1] YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – A court in Myanmar is holding hearings Wednesday on whether to continue detaining Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and several other local members of the media who have been charged under a public order law that could see them imprisoned for up to three years. It is the second round…

  • EXPLAINER: Torch relay not just a sideshow in time of COVID

    EXPLAINER: Torch relay not just a sideshow in time of COVID

    [ad_1] TOKYO (AP) – The Olympic torch relay is usually just a sideshow for the real thing; the prelude, the buildup, the warm-up act that could be skipped. Not this time. All eyes will be on the torch relay when it begins on Thursday from northeastern Japan, headed to the opening ceremony of the postponed…

  •  ‘Virginia Woolf,’ ‘Goldbergs’ star George Segal dies at 87

     ‘Virginia Woolf,’ ‘Goldbergs’ star George Segal dies at 87

    [ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) – George Segal, the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” and starred in the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs,” died Tuesday in Santa Rosa, California, his wife said. He was 87. “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George…

  • White House: North Korea conducted short-range missile test

    White House: North Korea conducted short-range missile test

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises. The missile tests were confirmed by two senior Biden administration officials who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. They come as North…

  • Newly confirmed surgeon general to focus on COVID, opioids

    Newly confirmed surgeon general to focus on COVID, opioids

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate confirmed a soft-spoken physician as President Joe Biden’s surgeon general Tuesday. While Dr. Vivek Murthy says ending the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority, he’s also raised concerns over a relapsing opioid overdose crisis. The vote on Murthy was 57-43, giving him bipartisan support. Biden’s coronavirus response can already…

  • California virus cases keep falling, more businesses reopen

    California virus cases keep falling, more businesses reopen

    [ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s improving coronavirus numbers continued their downward fall, leading to Tuesday’s announcement that much of the San Francisco Bay Area can reopen to a greater degree and that now 94% of the state’s population is out from under the most severe restrictions. San Francisco, Marin and Santa Clara counties were…

  • EXPLAINER: How states are seeking to loosen controls on guns

    EXPLAINER: How states are seeking to loosen controls on guns

    [ad_1] Mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado that left at least 18 people dead since last week are reigniting calls from gun control advocates for tighter restrictions on buying firearms and ammunition. But with Democrats in control of the federal government, gun rights advocates have been persuading Republican-run state legislatures to go the other way,…

  • Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker to star in spring plays

    Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker to star in spring plays

    [ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) – Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Audra McDonald, Kevin Klein, Carla Gugino and Keanu Reeves have signed on to perform in a new virtual play series this spring while Broadway is closed. The series kicks off Thursday with “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse, directed by Leigh Silverman starring Reeves, Bobby Cannavale,…