Real Medicare drug savings in Dems’ bill — but not overnight
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare enrollees who take expensive medicines could save thousands of dollars a…
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Health officials say smoke over Philadelphia not hazardous
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say no toxic chemicals at levels hazardous to human health have been found at a junkyard fire in Philadelphia that…
Continue ReadingItaly letting rescue ship with 306 migrants go to Sicily
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A charity operating a rescue ship with 306 migrants aboard says after days of waiting at sea…
Continue ReadingA look at key points in Kyle Rittenhouse’s testimony
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial, acknowledging he used deadly force when…
Continue ReadingPowerful Democrat concedes to GOP newcomer, cites ‘red wave’
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One of New Jersey’s most powerful elected Democrats has conceded that he lost reelection…
Continue ReadingJill Biden honors kids of injured troops as ‘hidden heroes’
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has used her first solo White House event as first lady to highlight the challenges…
Continue ReadingUS budget deficit eases to $165B in October, down 42%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The U.S. monthly budget deficit fell in October as the government collected more taxes from individuals and…
Continue ReadingSpain to extradite Chávez’s ex-security chief to US
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court has decided to extradite the former security chief of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to the United…
Continue ReadingStates challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by President Joe…
Continue ReadingCuba accuses US of organizing new protest demonstrations
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban Foreign Ministry has summoned hundreds of foreign diplomats to a meeting where it…
Continue ReadingMan charged in TikTok rescue has charge upped to kidnapping
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The charge against a 61-year-old man accused of holding a 16-year-old girl captive until a driver on a Kentucky interstate…
Continue ReadingMadrid defends waste handling despite landfill methane leaks
By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Madrid are defending their record of handling gas generated by…
Continue ReadingIraqi PM tours Baghdad area days after assassination attempt
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an…
Continue ReadingPalestinian PM: Only two-state solution can end ‘apartheid’
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister has warned Israel that its refusal to accept a…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioter who hit officer gets over 3 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBelgium plans COVID-19 booster shot for all
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say they have approved plans to have a COVID-19 booster shot for all who would want one. Health ministers from…
Continue ReadingNTSB uses video, high-res photos in probe of sunken boat
BOSTON (AP) — Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago are using some high-tech…
Continue ReadingGerrymandering surges as states redraw maps for House seats
By DAVID A. LIEB and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Gerrymandering is surging in states where legislatures are in charge of redrawing voting…
Continue ReadingAG releases interview transcripts in Cuomo harassment probe
By MICHAEL HILL, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has released hundreds of…
Continue ReadingWooing France: VP Kamala Harris meets Macron after sub spat
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed that France and the United States are ready to work…
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