Tim Sullivan
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Figuring out Texas: From guns to immigration, here's how one state's challenges echo the country's
HOUSTON -- Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings. Eight immigrants killed when an SUV slams into a crowded bus stop. The likely approval of legislation that would let the Republican governor overturn elections in the most populous county, a Democratic stronghold. All in the past two weeks. These issues and the forces behind them — anger and guns, immigration turmoil, deep political… → Read More
'Don’t be numb to this': Battling despair over gun deaths
Increasingly it feels like America is at war with itself → Read More
No longer the fringe: Western Wisconsin's small-town voters fear for America
“It’s no longer left versus right, Democrat versus Republican,” says John Kraft, of western Wisconsin. “It’s straight up good versus evil.” → Read More
Canada's protests settle down, but could echo in politics
TORONTO (AP) — Most of the streets around the Canadian Parliament are quiet now. The Ottawa protesters who vowed never to give up are largely gone, chased away by policemen in riot gear. The relentless blare of truckers' horns has gone silent. But the trucker protest, which grew until it closed a handful of Canada-U. S. border posts and shut down key parts of the capital city for weeks, could… → Read More
Canada's protests settle down, but could echo in politics
Most of the streets around the Canadian Parliament are quiet now. The Ottawa protesters who vowed never to give up are largely gone, chased away by policemen in riot gear. The relentless blare of truckers’ horns has gone silent. → Read More
In Beijing, Olympic ideals coexist with authoritarian rule
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press His collar turned up against the cold, the head of the International Olympic Committee looked out over the stadium and spoke of the ideals that had brought together athletes from all over the world. “In our fragile world, where division, conflict and mistrust are on the rise, we show the → Read More
In one small U.S. prairie town, two warring visions of America
BENSON, Minn. (AP) — The newspaper hit the front porches of the wind-scarred prairie town on a Thursday afternoon: Coronavirus numbers were spiking in the farming communities of western Minnesota. “Covid-19 cases straining rural clinics, hospitals, staff,” read the front-page headline. → Read More
In one small prairie town, two warring visions of America
In an America increasingly split by warring visions of itself, division doesn’t just play out on cable television. → Read More
A little US city, battered by the virus, tells its stories
As the pandemic began sweeping America, the world watched as New York City’s streets echoed with the wail of ambulances → Read More
The poor, the rich: In a sick India, all are on their own
When the pandemic exploded in India in early April, with the government left unprepared and medical system quickly on the verge of collapse, millions of families found themselves faced with a new reality: They would have to keep their relatives alive → Read More
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out… → Read More
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out… → Read More
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out… → Read More
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out… → Read More
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out… → Read More
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out… → Read More
In Minneapolis, an immigrant street struggles to recover
Nearly a year after sometimes violent protests for racial justice shook Minneapolis, an immigrant corridor is struggling to recover → Read More
AP ROAD TRIP: An immigrant's struggles to survive in Vegas
In an America struggling with the economic impact of coronavirus, the AP Road Trip team headed to Las Vegas, where armies of unemployed housekeepers and waitresses are struggling with unemployment → Read More
AP ROAD TRIP: An immigrant's struggles to survive in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The casino has been closed for months. The hotel rooms are empty. Out front, the three-story sign that once beckoned to gamblers with $1.99 margaritas now advertises a food bank... → Read More
Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona
Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities across the U.S. "Stop the count!" the Trump supporters chanted in Detroit.… → Read More