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Russia's Putin visits Crimea following war crimes warrant

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's annexation from Ukraine. Putin visited an art school and a child...

Mar 18, 2023

Wyoming governor signs measure prohibiting abortion pills

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday night prohibiting abortion pills in the state and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his sig...

Mar 17, 2023

Veto of Kansas bill on trans athletes sets up override fight

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas bill banning transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly for the third year in a row Friday, setting up a hotly contested...

Mar 17, 2023

Officials discussing security in case of Trump indictment

NEW YORK (AP) - Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted in the coming weeks by a Manhattan grand jury and appear ...

Mar 17, 2023

Wisconsin Democratic Secretary of State La Follette resigns

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette resigned on Friday, three months into his 11th consecutive term in office. Gov. Tony Evers appointed former Treasurer Sa...

Mar 17, 2023

ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes

THE HAGUE (AP) - The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of ch...

Mar 17, 2023

Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid

ISTANBUL (AP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey would move forward with ratifying Finland's NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of S...

Mar 17, 2023

Slovakia agrees to give Ukraine fleet of Soviet warplanes

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's government on Friday approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member country to heed the Ukrainia...

Mar 17, 2023

China leader Xi to visit Moscow in show of support for Putin

BEIJING (AP) - China says President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday in an apparent show of support for Vladimir Putin, the foreign ministry said Friday. The Kremlin on Friday als...

Mar 17, 2023

California to transform prison with death row legacy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state lockup that is home to the nation's largest number of death row inmates into a facility where prisoners can receive ed...

Mar 16, 2023