Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is about to soar on his space travel company’s first flight. Bezos will launch from Texas with his brother, an 18-year-old and an 82-year-old -- the youngest and oldest to ever hurtle off the planet. apne.ws/629Qdzr
BREAKING: Jeff Bezos has blasted off on his space company’s first flight with people on board. He’s the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket. apne.ws/EeOyf45
Jeff Bezos reaches space on his rocket company's first flight with people on board. apne.ws/JF12aZz
“Best day ever,” Jeff Bezos said after the capsule touched down on the desert floor at the end of the 10-minute flight. apne.ws/Q9QqQqW
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New AP-NORC poll: Some of the infrastructure proposals promoted by President Joe Biden divide Americans along party lines. apne.ws/0SHQhfg
The poll shows the overwhelming majority of Americans -- about 8 in 10 -- favor plans to increase funding for roads, bridges and ports and for pipes that supply drinking water. Both Democrats and Republicans largely support these. apne.ws/9dp6rOK
But Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to express support for ideas like the expanded child tax credit, funding for passenger and freight rail service and funding for electric vehicle charging stations. apne.ws/zRd6Y7L
A new AP-NORC poll finds many Americans are relaxing precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and resuming everyday activities, even as some worry that coronavirus-related restrictions were hastily lifted. apne.ws/9Wj3C5x
The poll shows Americans who were regularly doing so before the pandemic say they're returning to bars or restaurants, traveling and attending live events like movies or sports, more so than they were last May.
Just 21% in the U.S. are very or extremely worried about a COVID-19 infection in their inner circle, and just 25% are highly concerned that the lifted restrictions will lead to additional COVID-19 infections in their community. apne.ws/AO2q508
BREAKING: Biden and Putin shake hands at opening of daylong summit amid tensions over human rights, Ukraine and ransomware. apne.ws/FbtHiBW
Presidents Biden and Putin are meeting now in Geneva for the first time in a decade. Biden last met Putin when the Russian leader was prime minister and the American was serving as vice president. apne.ws/YtxIVGl
Opening summit, Putin says he hopes for 'productive' meeting, as Biden says 'it is always better to meet face to face'. apne.ws/LYn9IpM
The Star Tribune of Minneapolis won the breaking news award for its reporting following George Floyd's killing. And the Pulitzer Prizes awarded a special citation to Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed his killing.
Louise Erdrich has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "The Night Watchman." Other winners for books included the late Les Payne and daughter Tamara Payne for for their Malcolm X biography “The Dead Are Arising.”
.@EmilioMorenatti, @AP's chief photographer in Spain, won the feature photography Pulitzer Prize. He patiently built trust with elderly people to document the toll of the pandemic.
A group of 10 @AP photographers won the breaking news Pulitzer for their work capturing the drama and raw emotion of protests that roiled U.S. cities after the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
The mayor of San Jose said several people were being treated for injuries after police and sheriff's officials responded to reports of a shooting at a railyard. Mayor Sam Liccardo said in a tweet that “the shooter is no longer a threat." apne.ws/9SGZ2Hg
A sheriff's spokesman says there are multiple fatalities and injuries in a shooting at a San Jose, California railyard and that the suspect is dead. apne.ws/xWNjTCY
BREAKING: Eight people were killed in shooting at a railyard in San Jose, California, authorities say. The suspect is also dead and a number of people were injured. apne.ws/MGjQ3GB