The GOP’s slim House majority is getting even tighter with Kevin McCarthy’s retirement
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson’s margin for error in getting Republican priorities through the…
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Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish
By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmental watchdogs have accused a Mexico-based startup of violating international trade…
Continue ReadingMan fires shotgun outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins, no one injured
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in…
Continue ReadingArmenia and Azerbaijan announce deal to exchange POWs and work toward peace treaty
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing…
Continue ReadingParis 2024 chief pledges to find solutions to keep Olympic surfing in Tahiti after coral damage
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The Paris 2024 organizing committee president says he still wants the surfing competition at next year’s…
Continue ReadingEx-Philadelphia labor leader convicted of embezzling from union to pay for home renovations, meals
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Longtime former Philadelphia labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and a codefendant have been convicted of using more…
Continue ReadingRebels in Congo take key outpost in the east as peacekeepers withdraw and fighting intensifies
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Armed rebels have seized a town in eastern Congo after violently clashing with the army,…
Continue ReadingTexas deputies confronted but didn’t arrest fatal shooting suspect in August, a month before new law
By JIM VERTUNO and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of killing six people earlier this week in a shooting…
Continue ReadingA Jan. 6 rioter praised Vivek Ramaswamy at his sentencing for suggesting riot was an ‘inside job’
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for…
Continue ReadingMenu signed by Mao Zedong brings a quarter million dollars at auction
BOSTON (AP) — An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000.…
Continue ReadingFamilies press for inspector general investigation of Army reservist who killed 18
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A survivor and family members of those killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine…
Continue ReadingOspreys had safety issues long before they were grounded. A look at the aircraft’s history
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys…
Continue ReadingJonathan Majors’ accuser breaks down on witness stand as footage shows actor shoving her
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who accused Jonathan Majors of assaulting her in the backseat of a car broke down…
Continue ReadingVon Miller declines to comment on domestic assault allegations after returning to Bills practice
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller declined to take questions at his locker a week…
Continue ReadingA small police department in Minnesota’s north woods offers free canoes to help recruit new officers
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press The police department in the small north woods Minnesota town of Ely faces the same challenges of recruiting and…
Continue ReadingRetail group pulls back on claim organized retail crime accounts for nearly half of inventory loss
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation has revised a report released in April that pulls back…
Continue ReadingLawsuit accuses NCAA of antitrust violation in college athlete transfer rule
By JOHN RABY and AARON BEARD AP Sports Writers CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by a group of states alleges the NCAA’s transfer…
Continue ReadingUS touts new era of collaboration with Native American tribes to manage public lands and water
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is entering a new era of collaboration with Native American…
Continue ReadingKremlin foe Navalny’s lawyers to remain in detention at least through mid-March, Russian court rules
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once…
Continue ReadingTwo babies infected with rare bacteria sometimes found in powdered infant formula
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has…
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