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Biden signs landmark gun measure, says 'lives will be saved'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, inclu...

Jun 25, 2022

Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding results of the state's June 14 primary election after critics questioned the tallies by recounting their own experienc...

Jun 24, 2022

2 killed in mass shooting in Norway; more than a dozen hurt

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured early Saturday in a mass shooting in Oslo, Norwegian police said, as the city was gearing up for an annual Pride parade. The sh...

Jun 24, 2022

Several accusers seek roles at Ghislaine Maxwell sentencing

NEW YORK (AP) - Two of four women who testified at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial that she had a role in their sexual abuse at the hands of financier Jeffrey Epstein may be speaking at her sentencing or ha...

Jun 24, 2022

Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the lo...

Jun 24, 2022

Abortion ruling exposes deep chasm over the issue in the US

America was convulsed with anger, joy, fear and confusion Friday after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The canyon-like divide across the country over the right to terminate a pregnancy was o...

Jun 24, 2022

Suspects charged over puzzling needle attacks in France

PARIS (AP) - Several suspects around France have been detained or given preliminary charges in recent days for allegedly pricking people with a needle in nightclubs or at concerts, following a surge i...

Jun 24, 2022

Morocco: 5 migrants dead in stampede in bid to enter Melilla

RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Moroccan authorities said that five migrants were killed and scores of migrants and police officers were injured in a "stampede" of people trying to cross into the Spanish North ...

Jun 24, 2022

Biden to speak about abortion ruling, outline his plans

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will speak from the White House about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The remarks...

Jun 24, 2022

Live updates | Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Barack Obama has condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. Obama said on Twitter that t...

Jun 24, 2022