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Army grounds aviators for training after fatal Alaska crash

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Army says Friday that it has grounded non-critical aviators for training after deadly helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky killed 12 in the...

Apr 28, 2023

Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday to ban gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people - the battle over which ended with the removal of a transgend...

Apr 28, 2023

N. Carolina justices hand GOP big win with election rulings

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In massive victories for Republicans, the North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identificat...

Apr 28, 2023

Colorado governor signs gun control bills after massacre

DENVER (AP) - Colorado's governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the lead of other states struggling to confront a nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings, despite a rece...

Apr 28, 2023

Amid Ukraine war, pope to give vision for Europe in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Pope Francis plans to outline his vision for the future of Europe during a three-day visit to Hungary starting Friday, with Russia's war in Ukraine, migration flows and Hungar...

Apr 28, 2023

Russia fires cruise missiles at Kyiv, other parts of Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia fired more than a dozen cruise missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least two people in an eastern city and striking a residential building ...

Apr 27, 2023

Ship comes under attack off Yemen, British military says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A ship came under attack Friday off the coast of Yemen in unclear circumstances, a British military organization said. The British military's United Kingdom Maritime...

Apr 27, 2023

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and...

Apr 27, 2023

West Virginia Gov. Justice running for Manchin’s Senate seat

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin's U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought cam...

Apr 27, 2023

Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence testified Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 202...

Apr 27, 2023