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2 suspects arrested in probe of deadly 7-Eleven shootings

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities said Friday that two suspects have been arrested in a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven convenience stores where two people were killed and thre...

Jul 15, 2022

Biden tells Dems to quickly pass pared-down economic package

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden seemed to bow Friday to Sen. Joe Manchin's demand for a slimmed-down economic package, telling Democrats to quickly push the measure through Congress so families ...

Jul 15, 2022

Fetterman absence raises stakes for Dems in key Senate race

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat John Fetterman posted a massive $11 million fundraising haul during the second quarter. He's on an advertising spree that's made him a near-constant presence on televis...

Jul 15, 2022

AP Interview: Sri Lankan candidate to 'listen to the people'

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's opposition leader, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to "listen to the people" who are struggling through the island nation's worst economic c...

Jul 15, 2022

In West Bank, Biden says 'ground is not ripe' for peace

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - During a visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, President Joe Biden offered compassion and financial assistance for hope-starved Palestinians but also delivered...

Jul 15, 2022

Egypt to withdraw peacekeeping troops from Mali, UN says

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - The United Nations mission in Mali says that Egypt will withdraw its troops from the West African county by mid-August citing deadly attacks against its peacekeepers. Seven Egyptia...

Jul 15, 2022

House voting to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is set to vote Friday on two bills that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide as Democrats make their first attempt at responding legislatively to the Supr...

Jul 15, 2022

Prosecutors disavow 3 convictions in 1995 NYC subway killing

NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors are disavowing the convictions of three men who spent decades in prison for one of the most horrifying crimes of New York's violent 1990s - the killing of a clerk who was s...

Jul 15, 2022

Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to meet king, crown prince

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - President Joe Biden touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday, working to bridge a rift between the United States and the kingdom at a moment when concerns about human rights ...

Jul 15, 2022

Medical examiner: Jayland Walker shot, grazed 46 times

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot or grazed 46 times, according to a preliminary autopsy re...

Jul 15, 2022