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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. said Thursday that it will allow employees to wear attire supporting law enforcement, though it will continue to ask them not to express support for any political candidates while on the job. In a letter Thursday addressed to "Goodyear Customers," CEO Rich Kramer wrote that the company "strongly supports our law enforcement partners." He said the company has clarified its policy "to make it clear associates can express support for law enforcement through apparel at Goodyear facilities."...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Accounts of abusive conditions and forced labor have prompted the U.S. to halt imports from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that reportedly has supplied the global tuna trading company that acquired Bumble Bee Seafoods this year. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the order blocking shipments from the Da Wang at all American ports, the second such action by the Trump administration against a vessel in the Taiwanese shipping fleet since May. It follows reports from Greenpeace East Asia of abuses in the second largest f...
Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water, a new study said. After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons (532 billion metric tons) of ice melting, according to satellite measurements reported in a study Thursday. That's more than 140 trillion gallons (532 trillion liters) of water. That's far more than the yearly average loss of 259 billion tons (235 billion...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's hard-hit Victoria state is reporting its lowest tally of new coronavirus cases in more than six weeks, following two weeks of unprecedented lockdown of the state capital, Melbourne. Victoria's Health Department reported on Saturday that the state had 179 new infections and nine deaths in the latest 24-hour period. That is the lowest count since 131 new infections were reported July 8. Victoria had recorded 240 new cases Thursday and 216 Wednesday. State authorities say the daily infection rate will have to f...
Josh Turner, "Country State of Mind" (MCA Nashville) From its title to its songs and sounds, Josh Turner's "Country State of Mind" is a tribute to his idols and beyond, a compendium of some great country music. Turner is from the genre's traditional side of the tracks and his voice, naturally deep but capable of taking high flight, makes him an ideal performer for this collection. Several of the tracks have guest performers, including a pair of Turner's idols, John Anderson and Randy Travis, and there's a Hank Williams connection to at least a...
NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for tech stocks are helping prop up an otherwise wobbly Wall Street on Friday, as a record-breaking but wishy-washy week of trading comes to a close. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in afternoon trading, even though most stocks in the index were weaker, after a couple reports on the U.S. economy showed more strength than economists expected. It followed up on losses across Europe after more discouraging reports there indicated a slowdown in its economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 179 points, or 0.6%, at 2...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday the discovery of a large natural gas reserve off the Black Sea coast that will help ease the country's dependence on imports. Erdogan said the amount of gas discovered is 320 billion cubic meters, a sum industry analysts said was notable but not a "game-changer" that might turn the country into a regional energy hub or materially alter its financial fortunes. Turkey hopes to start extracting and using the gas by 2023, when Turkey marks the centenary of the f...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is sending warplanes to the southern Greek island of Crete for joint training with Greece's air force, officials in Athens said Friday as military tensions continued to simmer between Greece and neighboring Turkey over offshore energy rights. The officials said between two and four UAE fighters were expected to reach Souda Naval Base during the weekend and would hold joint training and exercises with the Hellenic Air Force next week. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not a...
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Authorities in Belarus detained a leader of striking factory workers and threatened demonstrators with criminal charges Friday in a bid to stop the massive post-election protests challenging the country's authoritarian president, who accused the United States of fomenting the unrest. Investigators also summoned several opposition activists for questioning as part of a criminal probe into a council they created with the goal of coordinating a transition of power for the ex-Soviet nation that President Alexander L...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would "hurt God." More specifically, he said, Biden would be "following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God. He's against God. He's against guns." With this speech, delivered in a rally-style address on Cleveland, Ohio's airport tarmac on Aug. 6,...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has only a minor hamstring strain and the Kansas City Chiefs intend to be cautious with their dynamic playmaker, who missed practice Friday after pulling up while running a route the previous day. That wasn't the only good news on the injury front for the Super Bowl champs. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins was back for the first time in nearly a week along with Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones; both of them had groin strains. The Chiefs remain a bit thin at defensive end, where Frank Clark is d...
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ____ CLAIM: Biden's tax rate on a family making $75,000 dollars a year would go from 12% to 25%. THE FACTS: False posts circulating on Facebook and Twitter claim that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has proposed a staggering tax increase for families making $75,000 a year. A current federal tax rate of 12...
For the college athletes who are heading into a season of uncertainty brought on by COVID-19, the NCAA's decision to not charge them a year of eligibility — no matter how much they play — brings peace of mind. And happy parents. "My mom's more excited about it than I am," said running back Deshaun Fenwick, who is heading into his third year at South Carolina. "When I call her later in the day she's going to tell me I can stay and get my master's." The decision does not come without complications. Paying for all those extra scholarships wil...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday he was "truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state. Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges under a plea deal that avoided a possible death sentence. The punishment imposed by Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman means DeAngelo will die in prison for t...
BOSTON (AP) — Apologizing publicly for the first time for crimes their lawyers insisted for months they didn't commit, "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced to prison Friday for using their wealth and privilege to cheat their daughters' way into the college of their choice. The two-month prison sentence for Loughlin and five-month term for Giannulli bring to a close the legal saga for the highest-profile parents ensnared in the college admissions bribery scheme — a scandal that roc...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Friday reported its largest single-day increase in deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus as the state moved closer toward resuming in-person classes at public schools. The Department of Health reported 22 people had died from COVID-19, bringing the state's total fatalities from the illness since the pandemic began to 663. The department reported 887 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the state's total to 55,652. The department said half of the new deaths occurred in nursing homes. Four o...
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Spurred by ultra-low mortgage rates, home buyers rushed last month to snap up a limited supply of existing houses, causing the pace of purchases to jump by a record-high 24.7%. The July surge in sales reported Friday by the National Association of Realtors marked the second straight month of accelerating home purchases. The back-to-back increases have helped stabilize the home buying market, which all but froze early this spring when the viral pandemic erupted across the United States. With July's increase, to a s...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two large Kansas school districts moved classes online for middle and high-schoolers while public health officials in Topeka imposed stricter crowd size limits to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Wichita school district, the state's biggest with more than 50,000 students, will give the parents of elementary students the option of taking classes in person or online, the district's board of education decided Thursday in a 5-2 vote. Blue Valley, with 22,000 students, announced Friday that elementary students can r...
Danny Smith will turn 67 in the middle of this pandemic-altered NFL season, an age that has put Pittsburgh's special teams coordinator at higher risk for harm from the coronavirus. Taking a precautionary sabbatical this year, however, would not have suited Smith well. "It never entered my mind. Man, I don't do anything but coach football. I don't have any hobbies," Smith said this week. "I've been called a lot of names in this business, but a 'house cat' has never been one of them, and I'm not one to sit at home and do nothing." Courage and...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The harrowing videos of Alexei Navalny, a blogger who has captured popular frustration in Russia, screaming in agony on Aug. 20, 2020 before being removed unconscious from a plane to a waiting ambulance, demonstrate the Kremlin's increasing reliance on coercion to control dissent. This attack is not the first Navalny has endured. In 2017, he was doused with a green antibiotic that compromised his vision. In 2019,...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Standing amid an array of solar panels, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told a national audience this week that she's proud of instituting aggressive renewable energy mandates in her state. A day later, she touted the state's move toward solar, wind and battery storage in a tweet. The Democratic governor's messages come as New Mexico's largest electric provider asks people to cut back on air conditioning and the use of other major appliances to reduce strain on the power grid. The reason? The utility is w...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth Friday to a wiggling cub and immediately began cuddling her offspring, Washington's National Zoo said. The cub was born at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time, the zoo said in an Instagram post that announced the "joyous news." It will take some time before the sex of the cub can be determined. "Mei Xiang picked the cub up immediately and began cradling and caring for it," the zoo said in a statement. "The panda team heard the cub vocalize." Panda lovers around the world were able to see the birth on the z...
Frightening calls from the school nurse. Waiting in vain for word from school officials. Canceled sports practices. Marching bands in quarantine. For countless families across the country, the school year is opening in disarray and confusion, with coronavirus outbreaks triggering sudden closings, mass quarantines and deep anxiety among parents. Schools in at least 10 states have had students and staff test positive for the virus since they began opening. The outbreaks have occurred in a variety of school settings: marching bands, high school...
As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the U.S. during the first seven months of 2020, suggesting that the number of lives lost to the coronavirus is significantly higher than the official toll. And half the dead were people of color — Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and, to a marked degree unrecognized until now, Asian Americans. The new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight a stark disparity: Deaths among minorities during the crisis have risen far more than they have among whites. As of the e...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Travelers left behind nearly a million dollars at U.S. airport security checkpoints last year, including about $19,000 in foreign currency, a newspaper reported Friday. A Transportation Security Administration report said travelers lost $926,000 at 75 airports in the year that ended in September, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Federal regulators say much of the lost money came from people emptying their pockets for security scans. The paper says the largest sums were lost at airports in New York, San Francisco, M...
