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Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and...

Jul 25, 2024

Uvalde school police officer pleads not guilty to charges stemming from actions during 2022 shooting

UVALDE, Texas (AP) - A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School pleaded not guilty during a cou...

Jul 25, 2024

NORAD says it tracked Chinese and Russian long-range bombers off Alaska

BEIJING (AP) - Two Chinese and two Russian long-range bombers were tracked flying over international waters near Alaska and U.S. and Canadian fighter jets were sent up in response, their joint aerospa...

Jul 25, 2024

Biden to use Oval Office address to explain his decision to quit 2024 race, begin to shape legacy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Insisting that "the defense of democracy is more important than any title," President Joe Biden on Wednesday will explain in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for r...

Jul 24, 2024

Judge orders release of Missouri man whose murder conviction was reversed over AG’s objections

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Christopher Dunn, who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn't commit. St. Louis Circuit Ju...

Jul 24, 2024

Police deploy pepper spray as crowd protesting Israel's war in Gaza marches to the U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) - Police deployed pepper spray Wednesday as a large crowd protesting Israel's war in Gaza marched toward the U.S. Capitol, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's was speakin...

Jul 24, 2024

Cause of crash that killed NY couple at Niagara Falls border crossing still a mystery 8 months later

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the c...

Jul 24, 2024

Netanyahu seeks support for Gaza war in address to Congress that sparks large protests and boycotts

WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to bolster U.S. support for his country's fight against Hamas and other Iran-backed armed groups in a speech to Congress Wednesday th...

Jul 24, 2024

Trump rally gunman looked online for information about Kennedy assassination, FBI director says

WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Wednesday that a laptop tied to the Trump rally gunman included a Google search of "How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?" That is a r...

Jul 24, 2024

Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An indictment unsealed in U...

Jul 24, 2024