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US, allies to revoke 'most favored nation' status for Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke "most favored nation" trade status for Rus...

Mar 11, 2022

Premier Li offers China's help for 'grave' Ukraine situation

BEIJING (AP) - China's Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called the situation in Ukraine "grave" and offered Beijing's help in playing a "positive role" for peace while continuing to refuse to criticize Ru...

Mar 11, 2022

Senate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - A $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies easily won final congressional approval Thursday, hitching a ride on a...

Mar 11, 2022

Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) - Russian strikes hit near airports in western Ukraine on Friday as the military offensive widened, and invading troops kept up pressure on the capital Kyiv and the besieged por...

Mar 11, 2022

Scathing reports find military failures in 2020 Kenya attack

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military investigations have found poor leadership, inadequate training and a "culture of complacency" among U.S. forces undermined efforts to fend off a 2020 attack by militants in ...

Mar 10, 2022

Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which one of the...

Mar 10, 2022

MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season

NEW YORK (AP) - Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball's latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin Apr...

Mar 10, 2022

North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range ICBM and warned Thursday that a full-range test could s...

Mar 10, 2022

Trial opens for ex-USC coach in college bribery scandal

BOSTON (AP) - A decorated former water polo coach at the University of Southern California is going on trial for his alleged role in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. Opening statement...

Mar 10, 2022

US VP Harris embraces call for war crimes probe of Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and the bombing of civilians, in...

Mar 10, 2022