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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

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

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume nor...

Jul 21, 2022

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Olympics survived the COVID-19 postponement, soaring expenses and some public opposition. A year later, the costs and benefits remain as difficult to untangle as the Games were ...

Jul 20, 2022

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 187 minutes as Capitol attacked

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer the way the series began - vividly making the case that Donald Trump's lies about a stolen election fueled the gr...

Jul 20, 2022

Indiana Republicans propose banning abortion with exceptions

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Leaders of Indiana's Republican-dominated Senate on Wednesday proposed banning abortion with limited exceptions - a move that comes amid a political firestorm over a 10-year-old ra...

Jul 20, 2022

Uvalde schools looking to fire police chief after shooting

UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde's top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response...

Jul 20, 2022