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At least 1 explosion outside Brazil's Supreme Court leaves 1 dead, forces evacuation

SAO PAULO (AP) - At least one explosion outside Brazil's Supreme Court killed one person and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia, police and firefighters ...

Nov 13, 2024

Trump picks Sen. Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the ...

Nov 13, 2024

Biden and Xi will meet in Peru as US-China relations tested again by Trump's return

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China's Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Dona...

Nov 13, 2024

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Sen. Mitch Mc...

Nov 13, 2024

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings faces January trial

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 is scheduled to go on trial early n...

Nov 13, 2024

Trump makes a victor's return to Washington to meet with Biden and GOP lawmakers

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is making a victor's return to Washington. The president-elect's plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning. President Joe Biden - both Trump's ...

Nov 13, 2024

US government worker charged with leaking classified documents on Israel's plans to strike Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesd...

Nov 13, 2024

US federal worker charged in classified documents leak about Israel's earlier plans to strike Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesd...

Nov 13, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he'll ask for a vote of confidence in December

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February. Scholz declared ...

Nov 13, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he'll ask for a vote of confidence in December

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February. Scholz declared ...

Nov 13, 2024