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AP Source: Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for high court

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the fir...

Feb 25, 2022

Pope nixes Florence visit, Ash Wednesday due to knee pain

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has canceled a scheduled Sunday visit to Florence and will not preside over Ash Wednesday commemorations next week because of what the Vatican described Friday as a flareup of...

Feb 25, 2022

Paris replaces St. Petersburg as Champions League final host

LONDON (AP) - Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA on Friday with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The men's final will still be held o...

Feb 25, 2022

Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three s...

Feb 24, 2022

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matte...

Feb 24, 2022

AP source: Oklahoma GOP Sen. Inhofe to announce retirement

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe plans to announce soon that he will retire from Congress before his six-year term is up, triggering a special election this year in Oklahoma to pick his replacement, accordi...

Feb 24, 2022

Verdict reached for 3 ex-officers charged in Floyd killing

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A jury has reached a verdict in the federal trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights. The jury's verdict after two day...

Feb 24, 2022

Parents of teen charged in school shooting to stand trial

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. - A judge has ordered the parents of a 15-year-old boy charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. Rochest...

Feb 24, 2022

Biden hits Russia with new sanctions, says Putin 'chose' war

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, charging that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "chose this war" and th...

Feb 24, 2022

US expels Russia's No. 2 diplomat at Washington embassy

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has expelled Russia's second-ranking diplomat in Washington in retaliation for the Russian expulsion of the No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Moscow earlier this month, a seni...

Feb 24, 2022