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Fire at music pub in eastern Thailand kills at least 13

BANGKOK (AP) - At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured when a fire broke out early Friday morning at a crowded music pub in eastern Thailand, police and rescue workers said. Video circulatin...

Aug 04, 2022

Ogles wins House race; Tennessee Dem gov bid still too early

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles on Thursday won Tennessee's bruising nine-candidate Republican primary for an open congressional seat in Nashville, setting up a November fight ov...

Aug 04, 2022

Pelosi: China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan

TOKYO (AP) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there. She made the remarks in Tokyo, the final leg of an Asia t...

Aug 04, 2022

Trump ally Kari Lake wins GOP primary for Arizona governor

PHOENIX (AP) - Kari Lake, a former news anchor who walked away from her journalism career and was embraced by Donald Trump and his staunch supporters, won the Republican primary for Arizona governor o...

Aug 04, 2022

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy ...

Aug 04, 2022

Patrol: 4 found dead in 2 burning homes in Nebraska city

LAUREL, Neb. (AP) - Four people were found dead Thursday in two burning homes in a small community in northeastern Nebraska, authorities said. Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said at a news con...

Aug 04, 2022

Reactions to Brittney Griner's conviction, 9-year sentence

WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling Thursday. Here are reactions from around the basketball and political realms: ___ "T...

Aug 04, 2022

US to declare health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans, two people familiar ...

Aug 04, 2022

Sandy Hook attorney: Jan. 6 panel asks for Alex Jones' texts

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee...

Aug 04, 2022

Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department announced civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers for their involvement in the drug raid that led to the death of Breon...

Aug 04, 2022