GOP’s Senate campaign chief won’t back down from party fight
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott is barely halfway through his first term.…
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GOP’s Senate campaign chief won’t back down from party fight
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott is barely halfway through his first term,…
Continue ReadingHow China’s TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda
By AMANDA SEITZ, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers…
Continue ReadingHow China’s TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda
By AMANDA SEITZ, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of China’s state media reporters are identifying as…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What the law says about presidential records
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why bond yields may be warning of a recession
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for a recession is starting to shine. The “yield…
Continue ReadingChina tries to limit economic blow of Shanghai shutdown
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are trying to fine-tune their “zero tolerance” COVID-19 strategy to…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What is entrapment’s role at kidnap plot trial?
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The core question at the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap…
Continue ReadingSaudi-offered, rebel-rejected cease-fire starts in Yemen war
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi-led coalition battling rebels who hold Yemen’s capital have begun a…
Continue Reading4 more teens charged in killing outside Des Moines school
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police have charged four more teenagers with murder in the March 7 shooting death of a 15-year-old outside a Des…
Continue ReadingReport: Great white shark killed California bodyboarder
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have concluded that a great white shark killed a bodyboarder last Christmas Eve in central California.…
Continue ReadingKentucky lawmakers pass 15-week abortion ban
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers voted Tuesday night to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy,…
Continue ReadingChina shows Afghanistan ambitions at multinational meetings
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ambitions to have a major hand in Afghanistan under the Taliban while boosting its own stature are on display at…
Continue ReadingUN food chief: Ukraine war’s food crisis is worst since WWII
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. food chief is warning that the war in Ukraine has created “a catastrophe on…
Continue ReadingGOP-led Missouri House votes to defund Planned Parenthood
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House is advancing a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and put more restrictions on abortions. The GOP-led…
Continue ReadingTexas to review prayer, touch requests in executions by case
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas prison officials say they don’t plan to formally update their rules after last week’s…
Continue ReadingWill Smith would face little more than a slap if charged
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Legal experts say Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a…
Continue ReadingFoo Fighters cancels tour events including Jazz Fest date
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rock band Foo Fighters is cancelling all its upcoming tour dates including a scheduled May 1 performance at the New Orleans Jazz…
Continue ReadingBorder crossings rise as US nears decision on asylum limits
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — U.S. authorities are stopping about 7,100 migrants daily at the border with Mexico. It marks…
Continue ReadingBuffalo police: 3 officers hit by gunfire during chase
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Three Buffalo police officers have been hit by gunfire after a motorist fled a traffic…
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