Louisiana sports betting regulations start moving in Senate
BATON ROUGE, La. — People in Louisiana would be able to bet on athletic competitions at sports book locations and through mobile applications, under a...
Mississippi says it awaits $600K repayment from Brett Favre
JACKSON, Miss. — Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 in money he received from the state of Mississippi for multiple speak...
Beshear toasts bourbon startup; touts progress against virus
Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday touted Kentucky's progress toward reaching a post-pandemic normal while celebrating a startup bourbon distillery — the ki...
EPA sets grants to restore ‘brownfields’ at blighted sites
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced more than $66 million in grants to 151 communities nationwide to assess and clea...
US doctors group issues anti-racism plan for itself, field
The nation’s largest doctors group Tuesday released a comprehensive plan aimed at dismantling structural racism inside its own ranks and within the U....
Lumber company expanding with sawmill in north Mississippi
GRENADA, Miss. — A lumber company in north Mississippi is expanding its operations by adding a sawmill.
Suit: Workers lured from India paid $1.20 per hour for years
FBI agents were at the sprawling site of a Hindu temple Tuesday as a lawsuit filed in federal court alleged workers from marginalized communities in I...
California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state ...
Israel, Hamas trade deadly fire as confrontation escalates
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday as Israel unlea...
100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control
BANGKOK — After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it couldn’t even make the trains run on time. S...
Dutch move toward further easing of coronavirus lockdown
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch zoos and theme parks will be allowed to reopen next week under strict conditions and bars and cafes can extend the open...
Schmitt lawsuit challenges St. Louis Co. COVID restrictions
O'FALLON, Mo. — Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging St. Louis County’s COVID-19 restrictions, cit...
Offshore wind project seen as key to clean energy gets OK
An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create enough electricity to power 400,000 homes and is touted by backers as a key piece of Amer...
US casinos match best quarter ever; post-COVID hopes rise
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — America's commercial casinos matched their best quarter ever in the first three months of this year, as customers continued retu...
South Carolina receiving $2.5B in pandemic relief aid
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State and local governments in South Carolina are getting nearly $2.5 billion in new federal coronavirus aid, as the state begins to ...
Kemp waives Georgia gas tax for now due to pipeline outage
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he is suspending state taxes on motor fuels through Saturday to offset increasing prices after a computer...
Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations
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US job openings soar to highest level on record
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Israeli paramedics: 2 killed in rocket attacks in Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli paramedics have confirmed that two women were killed in rocket attacks on southern Israel.
Meituan’s stock price plunges after CEO posts Chinese poem
SINGAPORE — Shares in Meituan, China’s largest food delivery platform, have tumbled after its CEO posted —and then deleted — an ancient poem in a move...
Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press...
German investors increasingly optimistic as COVID cases fall
BERLIN — German investors are increasingly optimistic about the country's economy as the latest surge of new coronavirus infections seems to be slowin...
Japan’s Nissan sees smaller loss, promises sales recovery
TOKYO — Nissan reduced its losses in the January-March quarter as restructuring efforts kicked in, despite damage to sales from the coronavirus pandem...
Australia plans big defense and security investments
CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government released a big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year on Tuesday that includes hefty investme...
Gaza militants, children among 24 dead as Israel hits Hamas
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tu...
Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas commander’s home, Gaza tunnels
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tu...
Japan prosecutors say Ghosn said Nissan pay plan was not set
TOKYO — Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn told prosecutors during questioning on financial misconduct charges before he fled Japan that his compensation wa...
Georgia could cut jobless benefits to push more toward work
ATLANTA — After announcing last week that he plans to require people receiving unemployment benefits to resume searching for work, Georgia's labor com...
Army of fake fans online boosts China’s global messaging
BRUSSELS — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
Gaza militants, Israel trade new rocket fire and airstrikes
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets from Gaza and Israel unleashed new air strikes against them early Tuesday, in an escalati...