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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

House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers race to finish thei...

Dec 23, 2022

UN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea

BANGKOK (AP) - The United Nations and other groups urged countries in southern Asia on Friday to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya refugees aboard a small boat that has been adrift ...

Dec 23, 2022

2 dead, 4 wounded in Paris shooting; suspect arrested

PARIS (AP) - A shooting targeting a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday left two people dead and four others wounded, authorities said. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested. The reaso...

Dec 23, 2022

N Korea fires ballistic missile days after US-S Korea drills

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Friday, South Korea's military said, its latest weapons demonstration that came days after U.S. and South K...

Dec 23, 2022

Jan. 6 panel unveils report, describes Trump 'conspiracy'

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee's final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election a...

Dec 22, 2022

Jan. 6 panel unveils report, describes Trump 'conspiracy'

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee's final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election a...

Dec 22, 2022

Jan. 6 witness recounts pressure campaign from Trump allies

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described to the House Jan. 6 committee a wide-ranging pressure campaign from Donald Trump's allies aimed at influencing her cooperation wi...

Dec 22, 2022

'Cousin Eddie' display in Kentucky leads to police response

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A "Cousin Eddie" display in Kentucky apparently looked a little too real and police were called to check it out. After receiving the call, a dispatcher described the scene t...

Dec 22, 2022

Taliban minister defends ban on women's university studies

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities - a decree that had triggered a global backlash. D...

Dec 22, 2022