Venezuela names US fugitive to team negotiating with foes
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking to add to a new member to his team…
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Boy Scouts settlements reached with major insurer, Mormons
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — One of the primary insurers of the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement…
Continue ReadingWisconsin election clerks confused by investigation email
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks are reacting with a mixture of concern and confusion to the first…
Continue ReadingWrongly convicted man who escaped death row dies of COVID-19
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who escaped death row in Louisiana in 2012 after he was exonerated by DNA evidence for a murder he didn’t commit has…
Continue ReadingNorm Macdonald remembered as hilarious and unique
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fellow comedians and many others are paying tribute to standup comic and “Saturday Night Live” star…
Continue ReadingDemocrats try delicate tax maneuvers for $3.5 trillion bill
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have begun the serious work of trying to implement President Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingReport: Officer’s error likely caused shipwreck off Georgia
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Federal investigators say an officer’s errors in calculating the stability of a cargo…
Continue Reading3 former US officials charged in UAE hacking scheme
By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three former U.S. intelligence and military operatives have admitted providing…
Continue ReadingAP Interview: UN refugee chief says Afghan stability needed
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The chief of the U.N. refugee agency says the international community and the Taliban…
Continue ReadingWoman tied to dog dragged to death by San Francisco train
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Transit officials say a woman who had a dog tethered to her waist with a leash was dragged to death by a train in San…
Continue ReadingJury weighing fate of Robert Durst after long murder trial
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has begun deliberating in the murder trial of New York real estate heir…
Continue ReadingEx-Detroit police chief enters governor race amid protest
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has formally announced his campaign…
Continue ReadingProblems continue to plague El Savador’s bitcoin rollout
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One week after El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s ex-PM leaves to US despite subpoena for port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — An advisor says Lebanon’s former prime minister has left the country for the United States despite a subpoena from the judge…
Continue ReadingAlanis Morissette blasts documentary ‘Jagged’ as ‘salacious’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just hours before the HBO documentary “Jagged” was to premiere at the Toronto International Film…
Continue ReadingSlender Man stabbing victim’s family ‘nervous’ about release
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The family of a woman who was stabbed by Wisconsin classmates looking to please online…
Continue ReadingNorm Macdonald, former ‘Saturday Night Live’ comic, dies
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Norm Macdonald, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer and performer and “Weekend…
Continue ReadingBiden nominates first LGBT woman to federal circuit court
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating a Vermont judge who played a critical role in paving the way…
Continue ReadingApple’s next iPhone mirrors last year’s, adds more storage
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offer twice the…
Continue ReadingIowa State suspends crew club after inquiry into drownings
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University has announced that its student crew club must stay off the water at least for now after an inquiry faulted…
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