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Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans ...

Dec 18, 2024

Montana's top court upholds landmark ruling in youth climate case over greenhouse gas emissions

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, g...

Dec 18, 2024

Senate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China's power

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a defense bill Wednesday that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion while stripp...

Dec 18, 2024

House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Rep...

Dec 18, 2024

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings pleads not guilty

LONDON (AP) - A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer had not guilty pleas entered on his...

Dec 18, 2024

Indiana law shrouds executions in secrecy, prompting new pushes for public oversight

From public hangings in the town square to lethal injections witnessed by journalists, executions historically have mostly been carried out with at least some public scrutiny. Indiana was expected to ...

Dec 18, 2024

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister's fianc decades ago was put to death Wednesday, marking the state's first execution in 1...

Dec 17, 2024

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian intelligence agency said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrai...

Dec 17, 2024

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister's fianc decades ago was put to death Wednesday, without any independent witness, marking...

Dec 17, 2024

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian intelligence agency said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrai...

Dec 17, 2024