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Police: Gunman kills 3 at Iowa state park; shooter also dead

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) - Three people were killed in a shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa Friday morning and the suspected gunman is also dead, police said. Police responded to reports of the shoo...

Jul 22, 2022

White House announces $270M military package for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House announced Friday that the U.S. is sending an additional $270 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include additional medium range rocket sys...

Jul 22, 2022

Libya official: Renewed militia clashes in Tripoli kill 13

CAIRO (AP) - A Libyan medical official says that at least 13 people have been killed in renewed clashes between militias in the country's capital, Tripoli. Osama Ali, spokesman for Libya's emergency s...

Jul 22, 2022

UN court rejects Myanmar claims, will hear Rohingya case

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at the United Nations' highest court have dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide aga...

Jul 22, 2022

FEMA report: Flood insurance hikes will drive 1M from market

ST. LOUIS (AP) - When questioned by members of Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said its new update to the nation's flood insurance program will prompt more people to sign up for cove...

Jul 22, 2022

GOP candidate for NY governor Zeldin attacked, avoids injury

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was attacked by a man who tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday but was uninjured, his campaign said. Zel...

Jul 21, 2022

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'very mild symptoms'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is isolating with "very mild symptoms," the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious virus challeng...

Jul 21, 2022

House OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a c...

Jul 21, 2022

Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. Dist...

Jul 21, 2022

Biden scraps announcing crime plan after positive COVID test

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden abruptly canceled a trip to Pennsylvania, where he had planned to propose a steep funding increase for police on Thursday, after testing positive for COVID-19. Th...

Jul 21, 2022