Takeaways as Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the…
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Airport ‘serial stowaway’ pleads guilty, gets 3-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) — A 70-year-old woman with a history of slipping past security at airports around the U.S. and sneaking onto flights has been…
Continue ReadingPolice: Pilot removed from cockpit before takeoff was drunk
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a pilot who appeared to be drunk was removed from the cockpit of a JetBlue flight as it was about to take off…
Continue ReadingExperts: Central U.S. needs to be ready for next earthquake
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a…
Continue ReadingAustin approves $2.95M settlement for teen injured by police
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin officials have approved a nearly $3 million settlement for a local teen injured by police during 2020 protests over…
Continue ReadingIowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that prohibits transgender females from…
Continue Reading4 family members killed in central California highway crash
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say four members of a family from Washington state were killed and three were injured in a crash on Interstate 5…
Continue ReadingRussia’s top radio station shut amid crackdown on dissent
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top independent radio station has been shut and a leading independent TV station has suspended its operations as Russian…
Continue ReadingUS citizen charged with violating Crimea-related sanctions
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say a former CNBC and Fox News employee has been arrested in London for his…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans zoo’s near-threatened maned wolves have 4 pups
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The zoo in New Orleans says near-threatened maned wolves brought to the Audubon Zoo to breed have done just that, and are…
Continue ReadingKentucky governor: No place for antisemitism in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says there’s no place for antisemitism after a state…
Continue ReadingPeace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Peace Corps says it’ll start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from…
Continue ReadingLady Gaga, Chris Rock, Zoë Kravitz among Oscars presenters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga might have missed out on an Oscar nomination for her turn in “House of Gucci,” but she’ll still be gracing the…
Continue ReadingUS hits Putin allies, press secretary with new sanctions
By AAMER MADHANI and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is ordering new sanctions against Russian oligarchs…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota US House candidate withdraws over tweets
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for South Dakota’s congressional seat says he is withdrawing…
Continue ReadingMacron to seek 2nd term in France’s April presidential vote
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has formally announced that he will run for a second term in April’s presidential election. In a…
Continue ReadingTennessee sets 3 more inmate executions, plans 5 in 2022
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has set three new execution dates for inmates in 2022, driving the total number…
Continue ReadingPelosi: GOP Reps. Boebert, Greene ‘should just shut up’
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had stern words for two of the most right-wing members of her…
Continue ReadingGeorgia bill would streamline pay for wrongful convictions
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An effort is underway in the Georgia General Assembly to streamline and improve the process for…
Continue ReadingFlorida man sentenced to death for killing police officer
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Florida man to death for fatally shooting an Orlando police officer while he was on the run for…
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