Proposed US resolution would back global efforts for cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States circulated the final draft of a United Nations Security Council resolution late Thursday that would support international efforts…
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Biden is coming out in opposition to plans to sell US Steel to a Japanese company
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is coming out in opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying in…
Shapiro unveils plan to cut greenhouse gases, boost renewables in big energy producer
SCRANTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled a plan Wednesday to fight climate change, saying he will back legislation to make power plant owners…
Putin is set to win 6 more years in power. Here’s how it will affect the war and Russia’s relations
The Associated Press Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this week’s presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war…
Biden, Trump clinch nominations, setting stage for general election rematch
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile…
Top Polish leaders to visit White House, hoping to spur US to help Ukraine more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Poland’s president and prime minister for White House talks on Tuesday with the Polish leaders looking to…
Aid ship sets sail to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program…
Palestinians begin Ramadan with hunger worsening, no end in sight to war
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger…
US ship with equipment for building a pier is on its way to Gaza as part of a plan to ramp up aid
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary pier in Gaza was on its way to the…
Biden says he’ll sign proposed legislation to ban TikTok if Congress passes it
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed legislation that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being banned in the United States,…
Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a…
Biden uses State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on 2nd term
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into…
Biden hopes to use State of the Union address to show wary electorate he’s up to the job
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address Thursday to promote his vision for a second term…
Hamas says cease-fire talks to resume next week, making truce before Ramadan unlikely
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next…
Biden, Trump dominate Super Tuesday races, move closer to rematch
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, romped through more than a dozen states on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a…
Takeaways from Trump’s Supreme Court win: He stays on ballot, but his legal peril is just starting
DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump gained a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have…
Coast-to-coast Super Tuesday contests poised to move Biden, Trump closer to November rematch
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their party’s nominations during the biggest…
More mountain snow expected even as powerful blizzard moves out of Northern California
More mountain snow expected even as powerful blizzard moves out of Northern California By BROOKE HESS and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) —…
Death toll rises from Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll rose to 10 on Sunday from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern…
US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance…
Appeals court ruling that vacates Capitol rioter’s sentence could impact dozens of Jan. 6 cases
The Associated Press A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol…
CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?
BOSTON (AP) — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like…
On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden, Trump try to use immigration to election advantage
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on…
Slain pregnant Amish woman had cuts to her head and neck, state police say
SPARTANSBURG (AP) — Search warrant filings for the Pennsylvania home where a pregnant Amish woman was killed this week said she appeared to have suffered…
Firefighters race to corral Texas wildfires before a weekend of hot, windy weather
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — The explosive growth of the second-largest wildfire in Texas history slowed as snow fell and winds and temperatures dipped, but the…
State sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest
HARRISBURG (AP) — Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators have begun meeting in Pennsylvania to coordinate how they will identify and fight…
Trump, Biden won Michigan. But ‘uncommitted’ votes demanded attention
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the…
Biden will urge congressional leaders to avoid a government shutdown, send aid to Ukraine, Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was meeting Tuesday with the top four leaders of Congress to press them to act quickly to avoid a…
Biden, Trump marching toward nominations, but Michigan could reveal perils
WASHINGTON (AP) — While Joe Biden and Donald Trump are marching toward their respective presidential nominations, Michigan’s primary on Tuesday could reveal significant political perils…
Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states’ efforts to regulate social media platforms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms…
Air Force member has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.,…
Ukraine’s defense minister says delays in promised Western military aid are costing lives
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Half of promised Western military support to Ukraine fails to arrive on time, complicating the task of military planners and ultimately…
US, British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red Sea attacks on ships
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia…
Alabama IVF ruling puts spotlight on state plans for tax breaks, child support for fetuses
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that…
US, EU pile sanctions on Russia for Ukraine war’s 2nd anniversary, Navalny’s death
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and the European Union are piling new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its…
AT&T says outage to its US cellphone network was not caused by cyberattack
The Associated Press AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a…
Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s largest hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments Wednesday as providers and patients across the state scrambled to assess the impact…
Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providers
The Associated Press A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data…
2 men charged with murder in deadly shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who…
Election officials in the US face daunting challenges in 2024. And Congress isn’t coming to help
WASHINGTON (AP) — With election season already underway, some state election officials are expressing frustration that Congress has yet to allocate federal money they have…
UN Security Council is voting on Gaza cease-fire, with US certain to veto
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be…
Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies
NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two…
Russia says it has crushed the last pocket of resistance in Avdiivka to complete the city’s capture
Russia says it has crushed the last pocket of resistance in Avdiivka to complete the city’s capture By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP)…
Most of Russia’s opposition is either dead, in exile abroad or in prison at home. What happens now?
Most of Russia’s opposition is either dead, in exile abroad or in prison at home. What happens now? By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP)…
Over 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s fiercest foe
The Associated Press Over 400 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal…
Israel strikes across Gaza as US says it will block another cease-fire resolution at UN
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight and into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the…
Judge orders Trump to pay $355 million in civil fraud ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge ordered Donald Trump on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding that the former president lied…
Biden praises ‘Herculean efforts’ to rebuild at the site of last February’s Ohio train derailment
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive…
Western officials, Kremlin critics blame Putin and his government for Navalny’s death
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny…
Verdict in Trump’s civil fraud trial expected Friday, capping busy week of court action
NEW YORK (AP) — A verdict is expected Friday in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, adding to a consequential week on the former…