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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

Air Force charges airman in Syria base explosion from April

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria. Tech. Sgt. David D. Dezwaan Jr. ...

Aug 04, 2022

Autopsy: Family killed at Iowa park shot, stabbed, strangled

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday. Tyler Sc...

Aug 04, 2022