What you should know if you’re about to fly on a Boeing Max 9
Associated Press Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners are carrying passengers in the United States again for the first time since they were grounded after a…
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Minnesota lawmakers kick off debate on joining other states that permit physician-assisted suicide
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has kicked off debate on whether to join the list of states…
Continue ReadingBoston man pleads guilty in scheme to hire someone to kill his estranged wife and her boyfriend
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston man has pleaded guilty to charges of offering to pay a contract killer $8,000 to kill his estranged wife and her boyfriend,…
Continue ReadingScores of North Carolina sea turtles have died after being stunned by frigid temperatures
By The Associated Press Officials say scores of sea turtles stunned by cold temperatures along the North Carolina coast have died. The North Carolina…
Continue ReadingFour Las Vegas high school students plead not guilty to murder in deadly beating of schoolmate
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four high school students in Las Vegas pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree in the deadly beating of their schoolmate in…
Continue ReadingTrump accuses DA Fani Willis of inappropriately injecting race into Georgia election case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say the district attorney in the Georgia election…
Continue ReadingGaza’s Health Ministry blames Israeli troops for deadly shooting as crowd waited for aid
By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses said Israeli troops…
Continue ReadingU.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms; firms swap wind leases
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in…
Continue ReadingNASA’s little helicopter on Mars has logged its last flight
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says its little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency…
Continue ReadingA fire at a home in northwest Alaska killed a woman and 5 children, officials say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a woman and five children have died in a fire at a home in rural northwest Alaska. Troopers said…
Continue ReadingWith beds scarce and winter bearing down, a tent camp grows outside NYC’s largest migrant shelter
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An unsanctioned tent camp is growing outside New York City’s largest migrant shelter. New…
Continue ReadingRights group reports more arrests as Belarus intensifies crackdown on dissent
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian rights group is reporting dozens more home raids and arrests in the latest…
Continue ReadingReport finds 93 US deaths after cosmetic surgery in Dominican Republic since 2009
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic…
Continue ReadingSenate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump calls it ‘meaningless’
By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey already protects abortion rights. Now Democrats want to cover out-of-pocket costs, too
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Democratic-led state government is considering legislation that would…
Continue ReadingScrutiny of Italian influencer’s charity-cake deal leads to proposed law with stiff fines
ROME (AP) — A scandal over an Italian influencer’s Christmas-cake involvement that authorities alleged misled consumers has inspired a…
Continue ReadingGOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A group of Senate Republicans is urging the Justice Department to release its investigative file on…
Continue ReadingA Pennsylvania law shields teacher misconduct complaints. A judge ruled that’s unconstitutional
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania law making it a crime to release information about teacher…
Continue ReadingTurkey formally ratifies Sweden’s NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has published a measure approving Sweden’s membership in NATO in its official gazette. That finalizes the…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s police investigate Bolsonaro’s intelligence boss over alleged political spying
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Court records show that Brazil’s federal police are investigating the country’s former…
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