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New claims in NYC restaurant brawl over vaccine proof NEW YORK (AP) — New details have emerged about a brawl outside a popular New York City restaurant between several out-of-town visitors and an employee over the restaurant’s requirement the guests show proof of vaccination. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Same goal, different paths: US, EU seek max vaccine rates BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian town of Aarschot has a vaccination rate of 94 percent of all adults, but Mayor Gwendolyn Rutten worries her town is too close for comfort to the capital of Brussels, where the rate stands at 63 percent. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Military training jet crashes in Texas, injuring both pilots LAKE WORTH, Texas (AP) — A military training jet crashed Sunday in a neighborhood near Fort Worth, Texas, injuring the two pilots and damaging three homes but not seriously hurting anyone on the ground, authorities said. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Georgia WWII veteran receives French Legion of Honor THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — A 98-year-old World War II veteran who took part in the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge and witnessed the German surrender during the war has been honored by France. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Body found in Wyoming believed to be Gabrielle Petito Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, who disappeared while on a cross-country trek with a boyfriend who has been identified by authorities as a person of interest and is now being sought within a Florida nature preserve. by Associated Press Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. flew Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland Sunday and tried blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signaled the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

‘Un(re)solved’ exhibit focuses on civil rights-era killings JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An interactive exhibit in Mississippi prompts visitors to speak aloud the names of people who were killed in acts of racist violence in the United States during the civil rights era — incantations in a darkened room to honor some 150 men, women and children whose lives were cut short. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Democrats push to retool health care programs for millions WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for seniors on Medicare. An end to sky’s-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Illinois proving popular route for American white pelicans CHICAGO (AP) — A kind of bird that not that long ago was so rare in Illinois that people traveled hours just to catch a glimpse of one have lately been winging their way through the Chicago area. Published Sep. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Top doctors say not so fast to Biden's boosters-for-all plan Just one month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine to all Americans. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Schools get the brunt of latest COVID wave in South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases have approached peak levels of last winter. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Mourners in California honor 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan Mourners in California said prayers and their final goodbyes Saturday to three Marines killed in last month's bombing in Afghanistan. by Associated Press Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Mississippi nonprofit aims to give girls fairytale moments STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Before women pick out their wedding dresses, they first pick out their prom dresses. by Associated Press Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

US Border Patrol hires civilians to free up agents for field SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dozens, even hundreds, of asylum-seeking migrants often wait hours to surrender to U. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas The U.S. plans to speed up its efforts to expel Haitian migrants on flights to their Caribbean homeland, officials said Saturday as agents poured into a Texas border city where thousands of Haitians have gathered after suddenly crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. by Associated Press Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Cecile Richards: Court’s Texas move could mean end of Roe HOUSTON (AP) — A year after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the country’s top abortion-rights activists warned that the Supreme Court’s recent inaction on Texas’ extremely restrictive new abortion law could signal the end of judicial checks and balances on the issue. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines When voters in some states created new commissions to handle the politically thorny process of redistricting, the hope was the bipartisan panelists could work together to draw new voting districts free of partisan gerrymandering. by the Associated Press Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

High staff vaccination rates helps nursing homes beat COVID ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nursing homes in Missouri with the vast majority of staff vaccinated tend to have strikingly lower rates of COVID-19 cases among residents, according to federal records, a trend that may offer broader lessons about the virus and how it can be slowed. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

In edgy Washington, police outnumber Jan. 6 protesters WASHINGTON (AP) — In a city still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers Saturday on the Capitol over concerns a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan's capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee if they hear the footsteps of the Taliban. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

California wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Crews were watching the weather this weekend as they battled California wildfires that have burned into some groves of ancient sequoias as they try to protect the world’s largest tree. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies By the Associated PressCOVID-19 vaccine refusal rates may be high among white evangelical Christians, but the International Mission Board — which deploys thousands of missionaries — is not hesitant about the shot. Published Sep. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm