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Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...

Sep 11, 2024

Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...

Sep 11, 2024

Election officials warn that widespread problems with the US mail system could disrupt voting

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcomin...

Sep 11, 2024

Blinken and Lammy arrive in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for long-range strikes against Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on a joint visit Wednesday, as Ukraine presses the West to allow it to use long-ra...

Sep 11, 2024

Blinken and Lammy arrive in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for long-range strikes against Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on a joint visit Wednesday, as Ukraine presses the West to allow it to use long-ra...

Sep 11, 2024

A wrongful death settlement doesn't end an investigation into a toddler's disappearance

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - A settlement that led to the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit hasn't ended a criminal investigation into a toddler's disappearance from her father's home in Maine where b...

Sep 10, 2024

Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam storm toll rises to 141 dead

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 141 on Wednesday...

Sep 10, 2024

Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam storm toll rises to 141 dead

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people and leaving dozens missing as the death toll from typhoon-related flooding climbed to 141 on Wedn...

Sep 10, 2024

Judge allows a man serving a 20-year prison sentence to remain on Alaska ballot

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A man who is serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on Alaska's ranked choice general election ballot in the race for the state's only U.S. House seat, a judge ruled Tuesda...

Sep 10, 2024

Harris and Trump meet for first time as high-stakes presidential debate begins

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate before November's presidential election, a high-pressure opportunity ...

Sep 10, 2024