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House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Committee investigating the Capito...

Dec 14, 2021

US COVID death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine drive

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available ...

Dec 14, 2021

New evacuations ordered as storm hits Southern California

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities have ordered a new area of Southern California evacuated due to the threat of debris flows from a wildfire burn scar as a powerful storm drops heavy rain. The Orange Cou...

Dec 14, 2021

Official: Felt intimidated at meeting with Noem, daughter

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The former director of a South Dakota appraiser agency says she was intimidated at a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem called where state officials discussed her daughter's application for ...

Dec 14, 2021

UN nuclear chief: Limited Iran access giving 'blurred image'

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a "very blur...

Dec 14, 2021

7.3 undersea quake in Indonesia triggers tsunami warning

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island on Tuesday, and the country's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible. According...

Dec 13, 2021

Oregon lawmakers pass rental assistance in special session

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon lawmakers on Monday passed additional safety nets to keep housed thousands of people currently struggling to pay rent or facing eviction during the pandemic and also appro...

Dec 13, 2021

Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted Monday to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers demand hi...

Dec 13, 2021

Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the man...

Dec 13, 2021

USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims

The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport's natio...

Dec 13, 2021