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Co-leader of Whitmer kidnapping plot gets 16 years in prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat and blow up a bridge to ...

Dec 27, 2022

S. Korea fires warning shots after North drones cross border

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military fired warning shots and scrambled aircraft after North Korean drones entered the South's airspace on Monday, South Korean officials said, days after th...

Dec 26, 2022

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single pro...

Dec 25, 2022

Leader of ex-communist rebels becomes Nepal's new PM

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The leader of former communist rebels became Nepal's new prime minister Sunday with the support from his ex-opponent and other smaller political parties. The announcement was m...

Dec 25, 2022

3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Foreign aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at international and loc...

Dec 25, 2022

5 arrested in deadly shooting at Minnesota's Mall of America

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Five people were arrested in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America that sent the sprawling commercial center into lockdown on one of the final days o...

Dec 24, 2022

Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race

PHOENIX (AP) - A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at s...

Dec 24, 2022

Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban government in Afghanistan on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups to suspend employing women. The order came in a letter from Economy...

Dec 24, 2022

Kurds, anti-racism groups gather after deadly Paris shooting

PARIS (AP) - Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups demonstrated Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors sa...

Dec 24, 2022

Police: Mall of America on lockdown after reported shooting

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - The Mall of America has been placed on lockdown after a reported shooting, police in Minnesota said Friday. The Bloomington Police Department said police and emergency medica...

Dec 23, 2022