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Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday. The crash happened Tuesday night in the centra...

Aug 20, 2024

Vance and Walz are still relatively unknown, but the governor is better liked, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than ...

Aug 20, 2024

US Rep. Hageman secures Republican nomination in first bid for re-election to Wyoming’s House seat

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman has won Wyoming's Republican primary in her first bid for re-election to the House, defeating a little-known attorney who ran as a Democrat in the last election. Hageman beat...

Aug 20, 2024

Arizona Supreme Court clears way for voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that advocates used to collect signatures is valid, clearing the way for voters to decide on the constitutional right to ...

Aug 20, 2024

Matt Gaetz and Rick Scott face challengers in Florida primaries

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has his sights on a GOP leadership role, but first he must get past two candidates in the state's Republican primary on Tuesday. Scott, who wo...

Aug 20, 2024

GOP-led challenge to voting by mail rejected by New York's top court

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state's highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation. The...

Aug 20, 2024

Ansari wins the Democratic nomination in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District after recount

PHOENIX (AP) - Yassamin Ansari, a former Phoenix City Council member, clinched the Democratic nomination for an open congressional district in Arizona, defeating her opponent by 39 votes after the tig...

Aug 20, 2024

Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene and potentially stop the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report rel...

Aug 20, 2024

A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99

BERLIN (AP) - A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of...

Aug 20, 2024

Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in a Gaza operation

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that started the Gaza war. The military said in a statement Tuesday that its forces...

Aug 20, 2024