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Expelled to reinstated: Pearson returns to Tennessee House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The second of two Black Democrats kicked out of the Republican-led Tennessee House followed his colleague back to work at the Capitol on Thursday, a week after they were banish...

Apr 13, 2023

Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott

The women's professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing on Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former p...

Apr 13, 2023

Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of spying

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Norway's government said Thursday that it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in O...

Apr 13, 2023

Official: Russia may discuss swap involving WSJ reporter

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia may be willing to discuss a potential prisoner swap involving jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with the U.S. after a court delivers its verdict, a top Russian ...

Apr 13, 2023

Court preserves access to abortion drug, tightens rules

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not ...

Apr 12, 2023

Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, prompting Japan to order residents on an island to take shelter as...

Apr 12, 2023

Florida executes 'ninja killer' for couple's 1989 death

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Florida executed a man known as the "ninja killer" on Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey. Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was pronounced dead ...

Apr 12, 2023

Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a seal or polar bear before he was ...

Apr 12, 2023

Juror: Texas governor's rush to pardon shooter a 'travesty'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An alternate juror in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder said Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott's rush for a pardon is an "egregious overreach" to wipe aside the ...

Apr 12, 2023

Aide: Jailed Russian opposition leader ill, perhaps poisoned

MOSCOW (AP) - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in failing health because of a new suspected poisoning and is back in a punishment cell after a few days in regular confinement, a ...

Apr 12, 2023