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China says it's looking into report of spy balloon over US

BEIJING (AP) - China said Friday it was looking into reports that a Chinese spy satellite has been flying in U.S. airspace and urged calm. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning also said she had no i...

Feb 03, 2023

Kyrgios pleads guilty to assault, has no conviction recorded

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Nick Kyrgios had suffered severe depression, suicidal ideation and insomnia in the past, a psychologist told a court on Friday when the Australian tennis star pleaded guilty...

Feb 02, 2023

Pentagon: Chinese spy balloon spotted over Western US

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks o...

Feb 02, 2023

US to send Ukraine longer-range bombs in latest turnaround

WASHINGTON (AP) - After months of agonizing, the U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year, U.S. of...

Feb 02, 2023

House GOP votes to oust Democrat Omar from major committee

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-led House voted after raucous debate Thursday to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from the chamber's Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her anti-Israel comments, in a dramatic ...

Feb 02, 2023

Iran blames Israel for drone attack, threatens retaliation

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran on Thursday formally blamed Israel for a drone attack that targeted a military workshop in its central city of Isfahan over the weekend, warning it "reserves it...

Feb 01, 2023

US, Philippines agree on larger American military presence

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The United States and the Philippines announced on Thursday an agreement to expand American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, where U.S. forces would be gran...

Feb 01, 2023

Israel says rocket intercepted, stages airstrikes in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Militants fired a rocket into Israel's south Wednesday, the army said, setting off sirens and raising already heightened tensions under the country's new ultranationalist gover...

Feb 01, 2023

Inmate executed for fatally shooting Dallas officer in 2007

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase was executed on Wednesday. Wesley Ruiz, 43, received a lethal injectio...

Feb 01, 2023

Power outage blacks out terminals at Los Angeles airport

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Power was briefly knocked out at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, leaving many passengers at one of the world's busiest airports in the dark and halting security chec...

Feb 01, 2023