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Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would spare ...

Jan 07, 2025

Virginia Democrats retain their control of the Statehouse in special elections

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Democrats preserved their Statehouse majority on Tuesday after voters in the northern and central part of the state backed two Democrats to fill a vacancy in the state Se...

Jan 07, 2025

Los Angeles residents flee fire as potentially 'life-threatening, destructive' winds gain strength

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a potentially "life-threatening, destructive" windstorm hit South...

Jan 07, 2025

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor. Acton, 58, a physician and pu...

Jan 07, 2025

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said T...

Jan 07, 2025

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said T...

Jan 07, 2025

Jimmy Carter is back in Washington, where he remained an outsider

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Car...

Jan 07, 2025

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor. Acton, 58, a physician and pu...

Jan 07, 2025

Gaudreau suspect pleads not guilty to homicide charges after turning down 35-year prison sentence

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday a...

Jan 07, 2025

Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump 's latest bid to delay this week's sentencing in his hush money case. In a one-sentence ruling following a...

Jan 07, 2025