Vaccine appears to protect against monkeypox, CDC says
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At-risk people who received a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine in U.S. efforts against the…
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Bail for suspect in police station shooting set at $500,000
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has set bail at $500,000 for the man suspected of climbing a fire escape at a Chicago police…
Continue ReadingMcConnell suggests better odds of Republicans taking Senate
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he believes his party now has a 50-50 shot of…
Continue ReadingMoscow tries to draft fleeing Russian men at the borders
LARSI, Georgia (AP) — Long lines of Russian men who are trying to escape being called up to fight in Ukraine continue to clog highways out of the…
Continue ReadingFight over dead reporter’s sources stalls before Vegas judge
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge declined to consider blocking government access to a slain investigative…
Continue ReadingAmazon unveils bedside device that tracks sleeping patterns
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soon enough, a bedside Amazon device might know whether you’re sleeping — or not. The…
Continue ReadingPolice uncertain if girl killed in shootout was abducted
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say the Southern California man who was accused of killing his estranged wife and…
Continue ReadingWhite House: Late congresswoman ‘top of mind’ in Biden flub
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sought out deceased Rep. Jackie Walorski on Wednesday during remarks at a hunger conference, saying…
Continue ReadingJudge: R. Kelly to pay $300,000 to victim in sex crimes case
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York says she plans to order disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly to pay more…
Continue ReadingUN envoy: Israel defies UN resolution on halting settlements
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy says Israel continued its defiance of a 2016 U.N. Security…
Continue ReadingTennessee man hit with more charges in Memphis shootings
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man already charged with a fatal shooting that police said set off a daylong…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor signs laws to boost housing production
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two new laws in California will let developers bypass local governments to build housing on…
Continue ReadingGuilty plea in hit-run death of ‘Gone Girl’ actor Lisa Banes
NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with fatally striking “Gone Girl” actor Lisa Banes with an electric scooter last year has pleaded guilty to…
Continue ReadingCalifornia to add wine, liquor bottles to recycling program
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will add wine and liquor bottles to its recycling rebate program under a law…
Continue ReadingSentencing for man in plot to blow up Democratic HQ delayed
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The sentencing of a California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How real are Putin’s nuclear threats in Ukraine?
By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingPolice search for 5 shooters in high school football ambush
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police said Wednesday that they are searching for five shooters who ambushed a group of teens outside a Philadelphia high…
Continue ReadingUS waives federal law to boost diesel supply for Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government says it is temporarily waiving a federal law and allowing foreign…
Continue Reading1 person shot dead at Arkansas hospital, 1 in custody
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One person was fatally shot Wednesday morning at a Little Rock-area hospital, and…
Continue ReadingOfficial: Ukraine will fight for land Russia likely to annex
By ADAM SCHRECK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An adviser to Ukraine’s president says his country is determined to…
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