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Cheeky TV show becomes battleground in French election race

PARIS (AP) - A French television news and entertainment show that has long delighted in poking fun at Marine Le Pen and her father has become a battleground in the far-right leader's election contest ...

Apr 13, 2022

Police hunt gunman who wounded 10 in Brooklyn subway attack

NEW YORK (AP) - Police hunted late into the night for the gunman who opened fire Tuesday on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people wounded by gunfire and once again interrupted New ...

Apr 12, 2022

Putin vows war will continue as Russian troops mount in east

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia vowed to continue its bloody offensive in Ukraine as the war neared its seventh week Wednesday, as President Vladimir Putin insisted the campaign was going as planned despi...

Apr 12, 2022

Biden: Russia war a 'genocide,' trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Russia's war in Ukraine amounted to genocide," accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to "wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian."...

Apr 12, 2022

California woman admits she faked 2016 kidnapping

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman charged last month with faking her kidnapping in 2016, accepted a plea bargain with prosecutors Tuesday and acknowledged she made...

Apr 12, 2022

Ginsburg's art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so liked the caricature that accompanied an article about her that she got a copy from the artist and hung it in her Supreme Court office. That signed and...

Apr 12, 2022

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached the state's attorney general for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash, rejecting the recommendation of a special investigative...

Apr 12, 2022

With aid to spend, schools look for students who need help

Schools across America are racing to make up for time they lost during the pandemic by budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days and trying to untangle which stud...

Apr 12, 2022

Oklahoma governor signs bill to make abortion illegal

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in...

Apr 12, 2022

NY Lt Gov Benjamin arrested in campaign donation scheme

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, whose seven months in that role has been overshadowed by probes into a previous campaign, was arrested Tuesday in a federal corruption investigation. ...

Apr 12, 2022