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US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st year

WASHINGTON - U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation's founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed...

Dec 21, 2021

Jury deliberations resume at Ghislaine Maxwell trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. The jury in Manhattan federal court went back to work in a large room where th...

Dec 21, 2021

Osaka fire suspect might have copied Kyoto Animation attack

TOKYO (AP) - The suspect in a deadly fire at a mental health clinic in Osaka last week might have studied the fatal 2019 Kyoto Animation studio arson while preparing his own attack that killed 25 peop...

Dec 21, 2021

Jan. 6 committee seeks interview with GOP Rep. Scott Perry

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and documents from Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania on Monday, marking the first ...

Dec 20, 2021

Pentagon issues rules aimed at stopping rise of extremism

WASHINGTON (AP) - Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed new rules prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities. The n...

Dec 20, 2021

Church agency: Captive missionaries made daring escape

Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other child...

Dec 20, 2021

Prosecutor: Minnesota cop negligent in Daunte Wright's death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A prosecutor told jurors on Monday that the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte...

Dec 20, 2021

Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. Prime Minister Naftali Be...

Dec 20, 2021

Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth

MOSCOW (AP) - A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, ...

Dec 19, 2021

Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...

Dec 19, 2021