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UAE intercepts Yemen missile as Israeli president visits

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels early Monday as the Israeli president visited the country, authorities said, ...

Jan 30, 2022

AP sources: Despite reports, Tom Brady hasn't made up mind

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Despite reports that he is retiring, Tom Brady has told the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he hasn't made up his mind, two people familiar with the details told The Associated Press. ESPN fir...

Jan 29, 2022

Russia moves naval exercise that rattled NATO member Ireland

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia says it will relocate naval exercises off the coast of Ireland after Dublin raised concerns about them amid a tense dispute with the West over expansion of the NATO alliance and f...

Jan 29, 2022

Italy's 80-year-old president wins vote to stay for 2nd term

ROME (AP) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella has been elected to a second seven-year term as the country's head of state, ending days of political impasse as party leaders struggled to pick his suc...

Jan 29, 2022

Wayne Stenehjem, ND's longest-serving attorney general, dies

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, a former legislator and the state's longest-serving attorney general, died at age 68, his office announced Friday, just hours after...

Jan 28, 2022

Biden visits collapsed bridge, touts infrastructure law

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) - Arriving just hours after a serious bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Friday, striking evidence supportin...

Jan 28, 2022

Judge OKs agreement to destroy gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge on Friday approved an agreement by lawyers to destroy the assault-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during a 2020 street protest. Assi...

Jan 28, 2022

3 indicted in fire at Wendy's after Rayshard Brooks killing

ATLANTA (AP) - Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020. A Fulton County gr...

Jan 28, 2022

Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from...

Jan 28, 2022

Djokovic feted in Montenegro amid new virus test doubts

BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) - Tennis star Novak Djokovic received honors at a small Adriatic Sea resort in Montenegro on Friday even as doubts re-emerged about the positive COVID-19 test he used to try to ...

Jan 28, 2022