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Report: Russia starts pulling diplomatic staff from Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's state Tass news agency reported Wednesday that Russia has started evacuating personnel from all of its diplomatic facilities in Ukraine. Moscow has an embassy in Kyiv and...

Feb 23, 2022

Josh Hamilton pleads to misdemeanor in daughter-assault case

One-time Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor in a case arising from an altercation with his teenage daughter, officials said. Hamilton, 40, pleaded guilty in Fo...

Feb 22, 2022

Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation's capital, a U.S. official said Tuesday, in the face of trucker convoys t...

Feb 22, 2022

GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response

WASHINGTON (AP) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday. Reynolds was ...

Feb 22, 2022

Closing arguments begin for 3 cops charged in Floyd killing

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Closing arguments have begun in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng an...

Feb 22, 2022

Verdict reached in hate crimes trial over Arbery killing

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Jurors in the federal hate crimes trial of the three white men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's slaying announced Tuesday that they had reached a verdict. Jurors indicated they had a...

Feb 22, 2022

High court will take case on refusal to serve gay couples

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash between religious rights and the rights of LGBT people. The high court said Tuesday it would hear the case of Colorado-based web desi...

Feb 22, 2022

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March, the city's leader said Tuesday, as the city grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. Hong Kong ...

Feb 22, 2022

Arizona Senate waives school spending cap, averts crisis

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate on Monday joined the House in voting to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatened to shut down public campuses across the state. Monday's 23-...

Feb 21, 2022

Colombia's highest court rules to decriminalize abortion

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's Constitutional Court issued an order Monday decriminalizing abortion, making the country fourth in Latin America to do so. Under the ruling, abortions will be allowe...

Feb 21, 2022