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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A few dozen survivors of Pearl Harbor and other veterans gathered Tuesday at the site of the bombing 80 years ago to remember those killed in the attack by Japan that launched the U.S.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors, the latest in a string of victories for Republican-led states pushing back against Biden’s pandemic policies.U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker, in Augusta, Georgia, issued a stay to bar enforcement of the mandate

A TWENTY year old man who made sexual remarks to a woman in a shop in Lerwick has been placed under a community payback order. Scott Garriock, of Dunrossness, previously admitted making the comments without her consent at the Shetland Community Bike Project on 11 October. At...

A MAN who sent thousands of sexually explicit messages to three 14 year old girls while pretending to be a teenager from Edinburgh has been given a community payback order. Grant Morris, of Voeside, Bressay, was placed under supervision for two years and ordered to carry out 225...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders reached an elaborate deal Tuesday that will allow Democrats to lift the nation’s debt limit without any votes from Republicans, likely averting another last-minute rush to avoid a federal default. Hours later, the House passed legislation overwhelmingly along party lines that kicked off a multi-step process.Congress approved a $480

A MAN who admitted carrying out an assault with a metal rod - before stamping on the victim’s head - will be sentenced next month. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that Matthew Williamson, of the town’s Norgaet, left footwear imprints on the man’s head from the...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett denied Monday that he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself in downtown Chicago, testifying at his trial that “there was no hoax.”Smollett, who faces charges that he lied to Chicago police about the January 2019 attack, sought to refute damaging testimony from two brothers last week. They said Smollett, who is gay and

Medina Spirit, a 3-year-old colt whose Kentucky Derby victory in May came under scrutiny because of a positive drug test, collapsed and died after a workout Monday at Santa Anita in Southern California.Trainer Bob Baffert said in a statment that the horse suffered a heart attack. The colt had just completed five furlongs in his second workout since finishing second in the

TALKS are ongoing about what to do with a recently installed sculpture on Lerwick’s Commercial Street after it was involved in accidents with both a vehicle and a pedestrian. The low-lying sculpture, outside the Royal Bank of Scotland, was installed earlier this year as part...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness.Local news outlets in New Orleans confirmed the Norwegian Breakaway had arrived in the city. The ship departed