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Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) - Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated P...

Aug 12, 2022

Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating

NEW YORK (AP) - The virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City's wastewater weeks after a case of polio was identified in Rockland County north of the city, health officials announced ...

Aug 12, 2022

Push for public release of warrant used to search Trump home

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has called for the "immediate" release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a ...

Aug 12, 2022

Man who tried to breach FBI office killed after standoff

WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) - An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong st...

Aug 11, 2022

Monday hearing set for 2 ex-cops in George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge scheduled a hearing for Monday on the "status of plea negotiations" for the two remaining officers awaiting trial on state charges in the killing of George Floyd, with the h...

Aug 11, 2022

Unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search, AG Garland asks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant the FBI used to search the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland...

Aug 11, 2022

Trump hires prominent Atlanta attorney for election probe

ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump has hired a prominent Atlanta criminal defense attorney known for defending famous rappers to represent him in matters related to the special grand jury that's investigatin...

Aug 11, 2022

Jury can't reach verdict in engineers' Flint water trial

DETROIT (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint's lead-con...

Aug 11, 2022

Armed man demanding savings holds Beirut bank staff hostage

BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese man armed with a shotgun broke into a Beirut bank on Thursday, holding employees hostage and threatening to set himself ablaze with gasoline unless he receives his trapped sav...

Aug 11, 2022

Joe Arpaio loses 3rd comeback bid in town mayoral race

PHOENIX (AP) - Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Arizona sheriff who was a once powerful figure in Republican politics but was ousted nearly six years ago amid frustration over his headline-grabbing ...

Aug 10, 2022