AP sources: Biden to sign policing executive order
By MIKE BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on policing on Wednesday,…
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Kremlin critic Browder urges squeeze on oligarchs’ enablers
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Kremlin critic Bill Browder wants governments to step up efforts to get to the riches…
Continue ReadingRussia releases jailed Danish Jehovah’s Witness, group says
MOSCOW (AP) — A Danish Jehovah’s Witness has been released after spending five years in a Russian prison under Moscow’s crackdown on the…
Continue ReadingNew names for Fort Bragg, 8 other Army bases recommended
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty. Fort Gordon would be Fort Eisenhower. And, for the…
Continue ReadingElectric battery maker, coal union announce WVa labor pact
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An energy startup has signed a memorandum of understanding with the nation’s largest coal…
Continue ReadingTop Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Top administrative leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America,…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioter draped in Confederate flag gets 33 months
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland man who was draped in a Confederate flag when he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 33…
Continue ReadingMontana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration says transgender people can not change…
Continue ReadingIn Asia, Biden pushes values he struggles to sell at home
By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Joe Biden spent his first presidential trip to Asia strengthening economic and…
Continue ReadingDelaware Gov. John Carney vetoes marijuana legalization bill
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware Gov. John Carney has vetoed a bill to legalize possession of up to one ounce of…
Continue ReadingEconomy bigger priority than punishing Russia: AP-NORC poll
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are becoming less supportive of punishing Russia for launching…
Continue ReadingReport: Dramatic rise in pesticides in EU fruits, vegetables
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — New research says the contamination of fruits and vegetables produced in the European Union by…
Continue ReadingIndiana church says it confronted pastor about sex with teen
WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana pastor who confessed to “adultery” years ago with a teenager publicly informed his congregation last weekend…
Continue Reading‘Ghost’ candidate, 2 operatives face charges in Florida
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Two political operatives and an independent candidate who opponents say hardly campaigned and only entered a state Senate race…
Continue ReadingTrial opens for Army reservist charged with storming Capitol
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A trial has started for a U.S. Army reservist charged with storming the U.S. Capitol last…
Continue Reading5 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes against PKK in Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says five Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.…
Continue ReadingPlanned Parenthood to step in if North Dakota clinic closes
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Planned Parenthood says it will offer abortion services at its clinic in Moorhead, Minnesota,…
Continue ReadingVictims groups slam UK plan for amnesty over Troubles crimes
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Relatives of people killed during Northern Ireland’s decades of violence have protested in London…
Continue ReadingEx-forensic official loses bid to toss corpse abuse charges
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss an indictment against a former state forensic…
Continue ReadingAsian stock markets mixed after Wall St sinks further
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street sank on weak U.S. housing sales and a…
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