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House to vote on censuring Gosar over posting violent video

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Oca...

Nov 17, 2021

In Israel, Miss Universe says pageant no place for politics

JERUSALEM (AP) - The reigning Miss Universe said Wednesday the long-running beauty pageant shouldn't be politicized, even though its next edition is being held in Israel amid pressure on contestants t...

Nov 17, 2021

Hate speech trial of likely French far-right candidate opens

PARIS (AP) - A far-right TV pundit who is expected to run for the French presidency goes on trial Wednesday for allegedly inciting racial hatred with his comments on unaccompanied migrant children. Er...

Nov 17, 2021

Hundreds go missing in Burkina Faso amid extremist violence

FADA N'GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) - The last time Polenli Combary spoke to her son on the phone she prayed for God to bless him. Shortly after, she called back but the line was dead. Her 34-year-old so...

Nov 17, 2021

AP source: House to vote on censuring Gosar over video

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

Nov 16, 2021

Washington state panel fails to draw new political maps

SPOKANE, wash. (AP) - Washington state's bipartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps, meaning the task will now be taken up by the state Supreme Court....

Nov 16, 2021

Judge vets potential jurors for Ghislaine Maxwell trial

NEW YORK (AP) - Prospective jurors got their first glimpse of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls and women, when a judge began questioni...

Nov 16, 2021

California's Speier becomes latest House Democrat to retire

WASHINGTON (AP) - Longtime California Rep. Jackie Speier said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection, becoming the latest Democrat to announce their retirement from Congress ahead of a fraught 2022...

Nov 16, 2021

Jury begins deliberations at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - The jury has begun deliberating at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse after listening to two weeks of dueling portrayals of Rittenhouse. Prosecutors say he was a "wannabe soldie...

Nov 16, 2021

US journalist jailed in Myanmar for months lands in New York

NEW YORK (AP) - American journalist Danny Fenster, who was freed after nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, arrived in the United States on Tuesday. Fenster, who was sentenced last wee...

Nov 16, 2021