4 UN security officers detained in Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says four U.N. security officers responsible for close protection of a senior official in the United Nations…
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Senate hopeful headed to Mar-a-Lago slams Dems over Jan. 6
By SAM METZ Associated Press A Republican front-runner in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race is attacking Democrats and the media for exaggerating the…
Continue ReadingFemale Nebraska lawmakers call for change amid photo probe
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Several female state lawmakers are calling for an overhaul of how the Nebraska Legislature…
Continue ReadingPolice: Boy who fired at police had gotten dad’s gun before
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Court documents say the father of a 4-year-old boy who fired a gun at police in Utah…
Continue ReadingNoem, South Dakota Republicans take aim at abortion pills
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposal to make the state one of the hardest places in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Deciding when to use ‘invasion’ label in Ukraine
By ROBERT BURNS and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized troops to cross Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingProposal to nix derogatory term targets hundreds of US sites
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for…
Continue ReadingPolice chief accused of raping employee is suspended
SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) — An employee of a New Jersey police department has filed a lawsuit accusing the chief of rape and other sexual abuse over many…
Continue ReadingBiden halts oil, gas leases amid legal fight on climate cost
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying decisions on new federal oil and gas drilling and other…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists find 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordan desert
By OMAR AKOUR Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists says it has found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine…
Continue ReadingPutin weighs his next move after recognizing Ukraine rebels
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in the Ukraine standoff by recognizing…
Continue ReadingWHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week COVID-19 cases…
Continue ReadingGreece halts search for 10 missing in ferry fire to tow ship
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say efforts to locate 10 people missing for five days after an Italy-bound ferry caught fire at sea have…
Continue ReadingGunman charged with killing protester in Portland, Oregon
By ANDREW SELSKY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A prosecutor has described what happened when a 43-year-old man…
Continue ReadingSentence upheld for Coast Guard officer tied to terror plot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of more than 13 years for a…
Continue ReadingMusk, lawyer escalate word fight with securities regulators
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk and his lawyers are escalating their fight with U.S. securities regulators. A Musk lawyer…
Continue ReadingMissouri man convicted in wife’s death admits child abuse
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing his wife and lying about the whereabouts of her body has pleaded guilty to abuse of their…
Continue ReadingMissouri candidates sign up for office without new districts
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Candidates in Missouri are signing up to run for Congress without knowing exactly who…
Continue ReadingStandoff ends at Amsterdam Apple Store, hostage safe
By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — An hours-long hostage standoff at the Apple Store in Amsterdam has ended with police in a car…
Continue ReadingUS House candidate sorry for intoxication during sleepover
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A U.S. House candidate in Oklahoma has apologized after reports that she became intoxicated,…
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