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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, May 27, 2021, Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a coronavirus media briefing from Downing Street in London. Britain’s health minister has resigned as Health Secretary in a letter to Boris Johnson, released Saturday June 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
UK government accused of hypocrisy as health minister quits

By Sylvia Hui Jun. 27, 2021 11:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2021 file photo, Rory Gamble, President of United Auto Workers, speaks at the Ford Rouge EV Center in Dearborn, Mich. Gamble, who led the union through a corruption scandal and the coronavirus pandemic, is retiring effective June 30. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Rory Gamble, who led UAW through scandal, pandemic, retires

By Tom Krisher Jun. 25, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

Settlement avoids trial in 2011 Katrina trash lawsuit

By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 21, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A decade-old lawsuit over the awarding of waste disposal contracts following Hurricane Katrina has been settled, avoiding a Monday trial and...

Decision day looms in NY party primaries

Jun. 21, 2021 10:26 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators...

Photos of people who died in a metro collapse hang alongside a Mexican flag and images of Our Lady of Guadalupe, at the site of the now missing metro section in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. A June 16, 2021 preliminary report by experts into the collapse that killed 26 people placed much of the blame on poor welds in studs that joined steel support beams to a concrete layer supporting the trackbed. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Report blames poor welds for Mexico City subway collapse

By Mark Stevenson Jun. 16, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will use federal funds to replenish the state's depleted unemployment insurance trust at a news conference on Friday, June 11, 2021, at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment claims is embarking on reforms aimed at improving efficiency and service, while cracking down on perpetrators of fraudulent claims with help from federal authorities. Agency staffing is being increased by 110 positions. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic

By Morgan Lee Jun. 11, 2021 07:59 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Jun. 10, 2021 11:07 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Just what exactly makes Bundy so unsuitable? June 9 The...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks with a young person while visiting the Tobin Community Center, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Boston. The chair of the Boston School Committee, Alexandra Oliver-Dávila, resigned amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the committee disparaging families of students, city officials announced Tuesday, June 8. Janey said in a written statement Tuesday that the texts were "unfortunate and unfairly disparaged members of the Boston Public Schools community." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals

By Steve Leblanc Jun. 09, 2021 04:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo, South African Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, takes delivery of emergency medical equipment for COVID-19 from China, at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mkhize was placed on special leave Tuesday, June 8, 2021 over a corruption scandal involving an irregular government contract where $11 million was paid to a company connected to two people who used to work for him. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
South Africa's health minister put on leave over contract

By Mogomotsi Magome Jun. 08, 2021 02:26 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Houston Chronicle. June 3, 2021. Editorial: Failure to lead - the 2021 Texas Legislature in a nutshell If there were...

A tablet on the breakfast table of Alparslan Atas and his wife Gulistan at their home in Istanbul, shows the latest video of Sedat Peker, a Turkish fugitive crime boss, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Sunday is the day the 49-year-old convicted crime ringleader posts the latest installation of his hour-long tell-all videos from his stated base in Dubai that have captivated Turkey and turned the mobster into an unlikely social media phenomenon. The convicted crime ringleader has been dishing the dirt on members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party. The allegations range from drug trafficking and a murder cover-up to weapons transfers to Islamic militants. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)
Turkish mafia boss dishes dirt, becomes YouTube phenomenon

By Suzan Fraser Jun. 07, 2021 02:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah arrives to attend the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Meeting, hosted by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Kuwait's justice system is testing government pledges to hold ministers accountable for $790 million gone missing from the Defense Ministry fund years ago. The ministerial court ordered two former ministers and royal family members, Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Al Sabah and his ally, former Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah Al Sabah, detained April 2021 in Kuwait's Central Prison over their suspected misuse of the ministry's funds. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

By Isabel Debre May. 29, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 12:38 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. May 24, 2021. Editorial: Time to fix these ‘Lights’ Paralyzing traffic. Families unable to get to...

FILE — In this April 28, 2021 file photo, Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks to reporters outside the building where his father lives, in New York. Andrew Giuliani announced Tuesday, May 18, 2021, that he is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of New York, potentially setting up a battle with third-term incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Andrew Giuliani, son of former mayor, to run for NY governor

By Karen Matthews May. 18, 2021 09:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2021, file photo, lobbyist Jean Kim speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York. Kim has accused mayoral candidate Scott Stringer of unwanted groping when she was working on his unsuccessful campaign for public advocate in 2001. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NYC mayoral race heats up with 6 weeks to go before primary

By Karen Matthews May. 13, 2021 01:34 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Chicago Sun-Times. May 10, 2021. Editorial: Catholic religious orders must come clean about abusive clergy Despite...

FILE - This photo from Wednesday March 20, 2013, shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and and then secretary to the governor, Larry Schwartz, at a news conference on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. An investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew is also looking at Schwartz, now known as the "vaccine czar," and allegations he tried leveraging the distribution of COVID-19 shots to get political support for the governor. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Cuomo probe looks at vaccine czar's calls to county leaders

May. 08, 2021 02:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, engineers test one of the newly acquired Spanish built subway cars slated for the Number 12 Line, the newest section of Mexico City's vast subway system. Just 17 months after it was inaugurated, Line 12 had to be shut down for months for the tracks to be replaced or ground into shape. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)
Mexico City subway collapse was a tragedy foretold

By Mark Stevenson May. 05, 2021 02:16 PM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga takes off his face mask before speaking to reporters at his office in Tokyo Monday, April 26, 2021. His ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday lost all three parliamentary by-elections, a blow to Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year. Suga said Monday he seriously takes the results seen to reflect voter discontent with his government's coronavirus handling as well as scandals involving his party. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's ruling party loses 3 key elections in blow to Suga

By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 26, 2021 12:56 AM EDT

Kansas governor vetoes measures to tighten election laws

By Andy Tsubasa Field And John Hanna Apr. 23, 2021 04:24 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed two Republican-backed election bills on Friday, including one that would have limited most individuals to...