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Parents in Michigan school shooting lose bid to reduce bail

DETROIT (AP) - A judge has denied a request to lower a $500,000 bail set for two parents who are charged with their son in a fatal Michigan school shooting. Judge Julie Nicholson said James and Jennif...

Jan 07, 2022

Judge dismisses groping case against former NY Gov. Cuomo

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A judge on Friday dismissed the only criminal charge filed against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in connection with the sexual harassment allegations that drove him from office...

Jan 07, 2022

Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House confirmed Friday, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the president a formal invit...

Jan 07, 2022

Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots

Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 soared in recent weeks to the highest levels since the pandemic began, according to government data released Friday. The worrisome trend in chil...

Jan 07, 2022

'I can feel it': Djokovic sends thanks for the support

The top men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, spent Orthodox Christmas in an immigration detention hotel in Australia on Friday as he sought to fend off deportation over the country's COVI...

Jan 07, 2022

Kazakhstan leader: Constitutional order restored amid unrest

MOSCOW (AP) - The president of Kazakhstan on Friday declared that constitutional order was "mainly restored" after the country was engulfed in unprecedented unrest in recent days. "An anti-terror oper...

Jan 06, 2022

Chicago schools to shut for 3rd day amid debate with union

CHICAGO (AP) - Leaders of the nation's third-largest school district canceled classes for a third consecutive day amid increasingly tense negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union over remote learn...

Jan 06, 2022

Warrant: 5-year-old might have started deadly Philly blaze

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Investigators are looking into the possibility that a 5-year-old child who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 people i...

Jan 06, 2022

Duffy ignores Trump plea, won't run for Wisconsin governor

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Retired Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy announced Thursday that he won't run for Wisconsin governor this year, ignoring pleas to do so by former President Donald Trump. Duffy also...

Jan 06, 2022

Biden and Congress mark a year since violent insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and ...

Jan 06, 2022