‘We hold the US responsible,’ says brother of Iraqi student killed in airstrikes
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The brother of an Iraqi student killed as a result of US airstrikes on Iraq and Syria on Friday says the…
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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed stepping down, AP sources say. But no decision has been made
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed the…
Continue ReadingBallots without barcodes pushed by Georgia GOP in election-law blitz aimed at Trump supporters
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators have passed a bill to remove barcodes from ballots. The measure would mandate that…
Continue ReadingFormer Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder testifies that the man he shot brandished gun
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio sheriff’s deputy testified in a murder trial…
Continue ReadingJam Master Jay’s business partner says he grabbed a gun and sought whoever had killed the rap star
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Rap legend Jam Master Jay lay, mortally wounded, on his studio floor. One of his aides was in pain from a gunshot…
Continue ReadingKing Charles III’s cancer diagnosis lays bare pressures at Buckingham Palace
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis heaps more pressure on the British monarchy, which is still…
Continue ReadingAzerbaijan’s Aliyev appears headed to a landslide win in election called after retaking Karabakh
By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Preliminary results of Azerbaijan’s presidential elections show incumbent Ilham Aliyev…
Continue ReadingA SWAT team sniper in Florida killed a bank hostage-taker armed with a knife, sheriff says
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank,…
Continue ReadingThe GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary. What could come next?
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden…
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Reps. Bentz, Chavez-DeRemer vote in favor of Mayorkas impeachment, but House vote narrowly fails
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Reaffirming their recent public stance, Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted late Tuesday to impeach Homeland…
Continue ReadingIsrael arrests Palestinian-American woman in the West Bank. Her relatives don’t know where she is
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces have arrested a 46-year-old Palestinian-American woman after breaking…
Continue ReadingAid package for Israel fails in the House, dealing another setback to GOP leaders
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to provide Israel with more military aid went down to defeat Tuesday in the House,…
Continue ReadingTrump does not have presidential immunity in January 6 case, federal appeals court rules
By Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas teachers’ group sues to stop tax money from funding A’s stadium plan
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A political group backed by teachers is suing to keep taxpayer money from being spent on a baseball…
Continue ReadingA bill that would allow armed teachers in Nebraska schools prompts emotional testimony
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Nebraska’s Education Committee is considering a bill that would allow teachers and other staff in schools…
Continue ReadingFormer top prosecutor for Baltimore convicted of mortgage fraud
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been convicted on one count of mortgage fraud for lying on a loan…
Continue ReadingBank plans to auction posh property owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to repay loans
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more longstanding unpaid business loans to the…
Continue ReadingA Mississippi poultry plant is being sued by a woman whose 16-year-old son died working there
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a…
Continue ReadingA man extradited from Scotland continues to claim he’s not the person charged in 2 Utah rape cases
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid prosecution in two rape cases in Utah continues…
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IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes…
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