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Simone Biles, others seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar

DETROIT (AP) - Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor La...

Jun 08, 2022

Report: Iran turns off 2 of UN nuclear watchdog's cameras

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran turned off two surveillance cameras of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog that monitored one of its atomic sites, state television reported Wednesday. The report did not ide...

Jun 08, 2022

1 dead, 8 injured after car hits pedestrians in Berlin

BERLIN (AP) - A vehicle drove into pedestrians in Berlin on Wednesday, killing at at least one person and injuring eight others, rescue services said. Berlin fire service spokesman Stefan Salzwedel, w...

Jun 08, 2022

Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 17, injures 50

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. The report said ...

Jun 08, 2022

Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still 'fearless'

ATLANTA (AP) - A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she's deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize people across ...

Jun 07, 2022

Congresswoman, billionaire to faceoff in LA mayor's race

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced Tuesday to a runo...

Jun 07, 2022

San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco on Tuesday has voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety...

Jun 07, 2022

Iowa Democrat Franken will face Grassley in Senate race

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democrat Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, will face Republican Chuck Grassley in the race for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat, winning his party nomination Tuesday over two compe...

Jun 07, 2022

Mark Ronchetti wins GOP primary for New Mexico governor

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Mark Ronchetti has won the Republican primary for governor to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The former television meteorologist on Tuesday defeated ...

Jun 07, 2022

South Dakota’s Noem, Thune survive GOP challenges from right

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has elevated her national prominence through a hands-off approach to pandemic restrictions, won the Republican primary on Tuesday against a ...

Jun 07, 2022