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Durenberger, former US senator from Minnesota, dies at 88

Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger, a Minnesota Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88. Durenberger's heal...

Jan 31, 2023

Santos tells colleagues he won't serve on 2 committees

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. George Santos of New York told GOP colleagues in a closed-door meeting Tuesday that he is temporarily stepping down from his two congressional committees, lawmakers s...

Jan 31, 2023

Pakistan army: Boating accident death toll rises to 51

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from a boating accident in a lake in northwest Pakistan over the weekend reached 51, the military said Tuesday. The vessel was carrying children and teachers f...

Jan 31, 2023

Pope's Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church's future

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Pope Francis began a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has calle...

Jan 31, 2023

Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to 83

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani hospital spokesman says the death toll from the previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 83. Mohammad Asim, th...

Jan 30, 2023

Kidnap suspect released day he arrived at Nevada prison

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison officials on the same day he ...

Jan 30, 2023

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy...

Jan 30, 2023

6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Nichols arrest

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols, a department spokeswoman said Monday. Officer...

Jan 30, 2023

Tropical storm leaves 30 dead, 20 missing in Madagascar

ANTANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across Madagascar caused 30 deaths, left 20 people missing and affected tens of thousands across t...

Jan 30, 2023

Mosque bombing in northwest Pakistan kills 2, wounds 70

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb went off Monday near a mosque and police offices in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least two people and wounding some 70 worshippers,...

Jan 30, 2023