Census data spurred GOP’s largest partisan edge in decades
Fresh off sweeping electoral victories a decade ago, Republican politicians used census data to draw voting districts that gave them a greater political advantage in more states than either party had in the past 50 years, according to a new Associated Press analysis. That advantage, measured by a formula designed...
Prosecutor: Man admitted killing Chicago cop during traffic stopVideo
CHICAGO — A man charged with killing a Chicago police officer admitted to investigators that he pulled his handgun out of his waistband during a traffic stop and opened fire, a prosecutor told a judge Tuesday. At a bond hearing for Monty Morgan, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy...
Gov. Wolf mandates vaccination for new hires at state-run health care facilities, prisons
Pennsylvania will mandate covid-19 vaccination for all new hires at state-run health care and congregate care settings, and current employees at those facilities must either get vaccinated or test weekly for the virus, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday. The mandate will affect around 25,000 employees at state hospitals, state homes...
Pennsylvania county asks senator to stop seeking vote audit
HARRISBURG — A Republican-majority county board in rural northern Pennsylvania on Tuesday accused a state senator of creating “unnecessary chaos” in pushing for a detailed review of how the county collected and counted votes in former President Donald Trump’s reelection defeat last year. The three Tioga County commissioners all read...
Missouri judge says Medicaid expansion must be allowed
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Tuesday ruled that Republican Gov. Mike Parson no longer can deny Medicaid health care to thousands more newly eligible adults. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem in his order said Parson’s administration must give Medicaid coverage to newly eligible adults, despite the governor’s resistance...
Thai police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at virus protest
BANGKOK — Thai police clashed for the second time in four days on Tuesday with protesters angry over the government’s handling of a coronavirus surge and a lack of progress in political reform. Lines of police, backed by trucks spraying jets from water cannons, fired tear gas and rubber bullets...
U.S. vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force
KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized internationally after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession. Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy, traveled...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations Tuesday in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during the darkest days of covid-19. The three-term governor’s decision was announced as momentum built...
Big win for $1T infrastructure bill: Democrats, GOP come together
WASHINGTON — With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure plan for states coast to coast on Tuesday, as a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans came together to overcome skeptics and deliver a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s agenda. “Today,...
Bear cub strolls aisles at Southern California supermarket
LOS ANGELES — Shoppers were startled last weekend to see a bear cub browsing the offerings at a Los Angeles supermarket. Video aired by CBS 2 shows the small bear strolling the aisles on Saturday at the Ralphs store in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley. After...
Tropical storm warnings for U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Islands in the northern Caribbean braced Tuesday for the storm that could be Fred. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm of...
Report: Ex-U.K. leader Cameron made $10M from collapsed firm
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to have made $10 million from a financial services company that he lobbied for before it collapsed earlier this year, according to a TV news program. The BBC reported Monday that Cameron appeared to have made $4.5 million after cashing...
Germany’s train drivers to go on nationwide strike
BERLIN — Germany’s train drivers plan to go on a nationwide strike starting Tuesday night, the head of the train driver’s union said after announcing that 95% of the union members had voted to back the move. Travelers were warned to expect disruptions. The head of the GDL union, Claus...
Jeffrey Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sex assault at 17
NEW YORK — One of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, taking accusations that she has repeatedly publicly lodged against him, including that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, to a formal venue. Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, where...
Appeals court gives mixed ruling on North Carolina school’s dress code
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out a lower-court ruling that banned a North Carolina charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts. But the 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., also opens up a new legal avenue...
U.S. to review 9/11 records with eye toward making more public
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that it would work toward providing families of 9/11 victims with more information about the run-up to the attacks as part of a federal lawsuit that aims to hold the Saudi government accountable. The disclosure in a two-page letter filed in federal court...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appeals for out-of-state help against covid-19
Gov. Greg Abbott appealed for out-of-state help Monday to fight the third wave of covid-19 in Texas. The request came as a county-owned hospital in Houston raised tents to accommodate their covid-19 overflow. Private hospitals in the county already were requiring their staff to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Meanwhile,...
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul threatens a Senate bottleneck to protest covid-19 restrictions
As schools wrestle with mask mandates and government agencies grapple with in-office work, Rand Paul is promising to pick a fight against continued coronavirus restrictions. And he’s threatening to gum up work in the U.S. Senate well into the future to make his point. The junior senator from Kentucky said...
Canada reopens its border for vaccinated U.S. visitorsVideo
DERBY LINE, Vt. — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from covid-19 travel bans. U.S. citizens and legal residents must be both fully...
Arkansas reports new record for covid-19 hospitalizations
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas on Monday set a new record for the number of people in the state hospitalized because of covid-19 as its coronavirus surge continued. The state reported its covid-19 hospitalizations rose by 103, its biggest one-day increase, to 1,376. The state’s previous record during the pandemic for...
Florida capital schools go against Gov. Ron DeSantis, require masksVideo
MIAMI — The superintendent of the school district in Florida’s capital said Monday that he will require students to wear masks amid an increase in covid-19 hospitalizations fueled by the delta variant, defying the governor’s attempts to block schools from imposing such a mandate. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office responded by...
Coronavirus cases resurge in West Virginia as school year starts
CHARLESTON — Active coronavirus cases in West Virginia continued to resurge at an alarming rate as public school students in some counties returned Monday for the start of fall classes. The number of active cases statewide has reached at least 4,010, a startling jump since bottoming out at 882 cases...
Prosecutors offer plea deal to Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin
SANTA FE, N.M. — Federal prosecutors have offered a confidential plea agreement to Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin that might resolve misdemeanor criminal charges against him linked to the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, according to discussions at a Monday court hearing in Washington. The county commissioner...
Michigan police cuff Black real estate agent, client at homeVideo
WYOMING, Mich. — Police in west Michigan handcuffed a real estate agent, his client and that man’s 15-year-old son after a neighbor wrongly reported that the three Black people were breaking into a home. The agent, Eric Brown, told WOOD-TV that the police response Aug. 1 in Wyoming, including two...
Time’s Up leader resigns after criticism about Cuomo ties
The leader of Time’s Up, the #MeToo-era organization devoted to fighting sexual harassment, resigned under fire Monday for advising Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration in its effort to discredit one of Cuomo’s accusers. Time’s Up said in a tweet that it agreed with Roberta Kaplan that stepping down as chair of...
