Biden bill to help millions escape higher health care costs
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people in the United States will be spared from big increases in health care costs…
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Iran deal tantalizingly close, but US faces new hurdles
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week’s attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national in a…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats’ campaign chief faces tough race of his own
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — At a recent rally with union workers and other supporters in the downtown square of…
Continue ReadingArizona judge weighs state request to enforce abortion ban
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge is considering whether to allow the state to enforce a near-total ban on abortions…
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Osun River: Sacred, revered and increasingly toxic
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press OSOGBO, Nigeria (AP) — Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in…
Continue ReadingChina’s response to Pelosi visit a sign of future intentions
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was anything but…
Continue ReadingWitness about R. Kelly: I didn’t want to ‘carry his lies’
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who says she was sexually abused hundreds of times by R. Kelly as a minor testified…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man convicted of 1980s rape-murders of two women
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man prosecutors called a serial killer has been convicted of raping and killing two women in the 1980s after…
Continue ReadingAustralia upset at Indonesia reducing Bali bomber’s sentence
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s leader says it’s upsetting that Indonesia has reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali…
Continue ReadingJudge throws out $85M award over California custody death
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out an $85 million lawsuit award over the death of a Southern California man who was beaten, hogtied…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota school board reinstates Pledge of Allegiance
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The school board in North Dakota’s most populous city reversed course Thursday on its…
Continue Reading3 charged with killing Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in 2018
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 prison killing of…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles man sentenced to life for 5 random killings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man who opened fire on people at random in 2014, killing five people and wounding seven others, has been sentenced…
Continue ReadingBed Bath & Beyond tumbles after influential investor exits
NEW YORK (AP) — The newest meme stock on Wall Street, Bed Bath & Beyond, tumbled even further in after-hours trading Thursday after a…
Continue ReadingOfficials: At least 2 die after planes collide in California
Associated Press WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport and at least two of…
Continue ReadingGOP candidate says call for Garland’s death was ‘facetious’
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Republican candidate for Congress in western New York said in an interview that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Bolsonaro grabs at heckler, tries to take phone
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro briefly grappled with a heckler and tried to snatch his…
Continue ReadingPlacido Domingo’s name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe
By DANIEL POLITI, ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and LEONARDO LA VALLE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Opera star Placido Domingo’s name has appeared in…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea dismisses Seoul’s aid offer as ‘foolish’ repeat
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never accept South…
Continue ReadingAtlanta rapper Young Thug again denied bond in criminal case
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has again denied bond for Atlanta rapper Young Thug, one of nearly 30 people charged in a sweeping indictment…
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