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University of California workers reach deal to end strike

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of California reached an agreement Friday with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could p...

Dec 16, 2022

Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald T...

Dec 16, 2022

Migrants pack Mexico-US border ahead of asylum limits end

REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) - Thousands of migrants packed shelters on Mexico's border with the United States on Friday as an end neared to Trump-era asylum restrictions. Ahead of that, illegal border crossi...

Dec 16, 2022

Biden signs bill to keep government open through Dec. 23

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed legislation Friday to fund the government for an additional week as lawmakers race to finish work on a full-year spending package before they head home for...

Dec 16, 2022

In 2021, judge warned of gay bar attacker's shootout plans

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A judge who dismissed a 2021 kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter warned last year that the defendant had been stockpiling weapons and planning a s...

Dec 16, 2022

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of 1999 murder

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army was found guilty Friday of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia during the cou...

Dec 16, 2022

Huge Berlin aquarium bursts; housed 1,500 tropical fish

A huge aquarium in the center of Berlin has burst, causing a wave of devastation in and around the Sea Life tourist attraction, German police said Friday. Police spokesman Martin Stralau said officers...

Dec 16, 2022

Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian authorities reported explosions in at least three cities Friday, saying Russia has launched a major missile attack"= on energy facilities and infrastructure. Local autho...

Dec 15, 2022

2 dead, 51 missing as landslide hits Malaysian campsite

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Two people died and 51 others were feared buried after a landslide hit a camping ground on an organic farm outside Kuala Lumpur early Friday, Malaysia's fire and rescue d...

Dec 15, 2022

Louisiana officers charged in Black motorist’s deadly arrest

FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) - Five Louisiana law enforcement officers were charged with state crimes ranging from negligent homicide to malfeasance Thursday in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. They ...

Dec 15, 2022