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There's no sign of widespread COVID-19 mandates in the US. Republicans are warning of them anyway 09/13/2023 10:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are next. It's been a favorite topic among some of the GOP's top presidential contenders. Florida Go California lawmakers vote to let legislative employees join a labor union 09/13/2023 10:04pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close to forming their first labor union after state lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that allows them to organize. The Democrats in charge of California's Legislature have historically been friendly with labor unions. Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2 09/13/2023 09:10pm • On behalf of fantasy football players everywhere, can we get some touchdowns? Please? Teams averaged just 20.6 points per game last week — the second lowest-scoring Week 1 in the past 13 seasons. Fantasy players felt that. Only seven quarterbacks had 20-plus points — the fewest in a Week 1 since Analysis: Iran-US prisoner swap for billions reveals familiar limits of diplomacy between nations 09/13/2023 09:05pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American captives could be exchanged for billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets, even as critics back in Washington warn against dealing with Tehran. That's the way it was in 1981 and the way it likely will be in the coming days. The upcoming prisoner swap Heavy surf is pounding Bermuda as Hurricane Lee aims for New England and Atlantic Canada 09/13/2023 08:23pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Lee began to lash Bermuda late Thursday as big surf pounded the island, with the Category 2 storm expected to make landfall on the coast of New England or Atlantic Canada over the weekend. The storm was located about 370 miles (595 kilomete Judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public, siding against New Mexico governor 09/13/2023 07:59pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico’s largest metro area, with criticism mounting and political divides widening over the Democratic governor’s action. The ruling Wednesday by U.S. Judge blames Atlanta officials for confusion over 'Stop Cop City' referendum campaign 09/13/2023 07:56pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge overseeing the case involving Atlanta activists’ referendum effort against a police and firefighter training facility accused city officials on Wednesday of moving the goalposts on the signature-gathering campaign, saying they have “directly contributed” to a w Loudspeaker message outside NYC migrant shelter warns new arrivals they are 'not safe here' 09/13/2023 07:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New Yorker upset that the city has been housing homeless migrants on his block has set up a loudspeaker to deliver an unwelcoming message to his new neighbors: "Immigrants are not safe here.” The message, recorded in six languages, blares all day from a loudspeaker on Scott Her Leaving Google's search engine isn't easy, government witness says in antitrust case 09/13/2023 06:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified 4 former officers plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols beating 09/13/2023 06:13pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop nine months ago. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley Desmond Mills and Justin Smith were led by U.S. Marshals in Senators clash with US prisons chief over transparency, seek fixes for problem-plagued agency 09/13/2023 06:06pm • The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons was scolded Wednesday by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who say her lack of transparency is hampering their ability to help fix the agency, which has long been plagued by staffing shortages, chronic violence and other problems. Senators compla Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney won't seek reelection in 2024, marking end to decadeslong political career 09/13/2023 06:04pm • Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection, ending a storied two-decade political career that included the 2012 Republican GOP nomination for president and a term as Massachusetts governor. Romney, 76, said the country's many challenges call for a younger gen Former NYC buildings commissioner accused of trading favors for cash, Mets tickets and more 09/13/2023 05:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s onetime top building-safety official was arrested Wednesday on charges that he accepted cash, baseball tickets, a painting, a discounted luxury apartment and other bribes from at least five associates, repaying them with political favors and access to high-ranking What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to help 09/13/2023 04:43pm • AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise after rescue crews dug out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. Law enforcement and aid workers — both Moroccan and international � Hudson River swimmer completes 315-mile trek, conquering fatigue, choppy water, rocks and pollution 09/13/2023 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Hudson River snakes through forests and rushes over boulders in the Adirondack Mountains before settling into a wide, slow flow closer to New York City. It stretches 315 miles (507 kilometers) from source to end. Lewis Pugh finished swimming all of it on Wednesday morning. The