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North Dakota lawmaker quits after child porn suspect texts

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's longest-serving state senator announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornog...

Apr 25, 2022

Rich trio back on Earth after charter trip to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Three rich businessmen returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort Monday, wrapping up a pricey trip that marked NASA's debut as a B&B hos...

Apr 25, 2022

17 dead in Russian military research facility fire last week

MOSCOW (AP) - At least 17 people have died in last week's fire at a Russian military research facility, authorities said Monday. The regional government in Tver, a city about 180 kilometers (112 miles...

Apr 25, 2022

US promises new aid to Ukraine in fight against Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Top American officials promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid during the highest-level U.S. visit to Ukraine since the start o...

Apr 24, 2022

In Kyiv, Blinken and Austin announce aid, diplomatic surge

NEAR THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER (AP) - The United States announced new military assistance for Ukraine and a renewed diplomatic push in the war-ravaged nation as President Joe Biden's secretary of st...

Apr 24, 2022

Far from home, Ukrainian refugees pray at Easter for peace

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Far from home and unsure when or even if they will ever get back, Ukrainians displaced by war gathered at churches across Eastern Europe on Sunday to celebrate the Orthodox Ea...

Apr 24, 2022

10 of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's guard says 10 of the 26 people aboard a tour boat that sank in the frigid waters of a northern national park have been confirmed dead. The search for the others is still ongoing a...

Apr 24, 2022

Steel plant under siege; Zelenskyy prepares for US officials

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces tried to storm a steel plant sheltering soldiers and civilians in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he ...

Apr 23, 2022

Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia and Ukraine hurtled toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country's industrial heartland as Ukrainian officials reported that Moscow had shifted a dozen cr...

Apr 22, 2022

Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, ha...

Apr 22, 2022