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Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia and Mary Lou and courted controversy, dies at 82

Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82. USA Gymnastics said Karolyi d...

Nov 16, 2024

In their final meeting, Xi tells Biden that China is ready to work with a new U.S. administration

LIMA, Peru (AP) - In their final meeting, China's leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden that "China is ready to work with a new administration," as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to t...

Nov 16, 2024

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in a second Trump administration. Wright, CEO of Denv...

Nov 16, 2024

Rep. Jared Golden comes out ahead through Maine's ranked choice voting, but there may be a recount

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jared Golden came out ahead in the congressional race through Maine's ranked choice system, election officials said Friday. If the results stand it would be the ...

Nov 15, 2024

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Karoline Leavitt, his campaign press secretary, to serve as his White House press secretary. Leavitt, 27, currently a spokespe...

Nov 15, 2024

Court temporarily limits scope of ruling that Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Friday temporarily limited the scope of a ruling that Louisiana's law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments in all classroo...

Nov 15, 2024

Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump's choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Counc...

Nov 15, 2024

Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned the order freeing journalist Jos Rubn Zamora and ordered his return to jail. Zamora, founder of El Peridico newspaper, had spent m...

Nov 15, 2024

Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states - a key victory for the compan...

Nov 15, 2024

A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris

PARIS (AP) - A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille U...

Nov 15, 2024