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'Dangerous' Alabama tornado slams buildings, uproots trees

SELMA, Ala. (AP) - A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Alabama, a city ...

Jan 12, 2023

Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s

DENVER (AP) - Exxon Mobil's scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions,...

Jan 12, 2023

Oklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of killing an elderly couple and committing other crimes 20 years ago before authorities caught up to him in Texas after a ma...

Jan 12, 2023

Proud Boys sedition trial opens 2 years after Jan. 6 riot

WASHINGTON (AP) - A high-profile Capitol riot trial opened Thursday for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors say was a de...

Jan 12, 2023

Pillen names Ricketts to US Senate seat vacated by Sasse

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - In one of his first acts as Nebraska's governor, Republican Jim Pillen on Thursday named to the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat the former governor who helped him get elected. Pil...

Jan 12, 2023

White House: Classified documents found at Biden's home

WASHINGTON (AP) - Documents with classified markings from President Joe Biden's time as vice president were found at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, the White House said Thursday, days after it was ...

Jan 12, 2023

Source: Biden team finds more docs with classified markings

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's legal team has discovered additional documents containing classification markings, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The...

Jan 11, 2023

White House: Jill Biden has cancerous lesions removed

WASHINGTON (AP) - Surgeons removed a cancerous lesion above first lady Jill Biden's right eye Wednesday, as well as another cancerous lesion on her chest, the White House said, while a third lesion on...

Jan 11, 2023

New York Republicans call on new GOP Rep. Santos to resign

NEW YORK (AP) - Local Republican leaders in New York on Wednesday called for the immediate resignation of new GOP congressman George Santos, who is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over h...

Jan 11, 2023

Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing New York to continue to enforce a sweeping new gun law banning guns from "sensitive places" for now while a court challenge plays out. The justices on W...

Jan 11, 2023