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Special counsel Hur is set to testify before a House committee over handling of Biden documents case

WASHINGTON (AP) - The special counsel who impugned the president's age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents after his years as vice president is set to be questio...

Mar 12, 2024

Food charity says aid ship bound for Gaza has set sail from Cyprus

JERUSALEM (AP) - An international charity says its aid ship bound for Gaza has set sail from Cyprus. Associated Press live footage showed the ship being towed out of the harbor in Cyprus. World Food K...

Mar 12, 2024

Haiti's premier to resign once transitional council created and interim leader named, official says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Caribbean leaders said late Monday that they "acknowledge the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry" once a transitional presidential council is created and an...

Mar 11, 2024

Cousins chooses Atlanta, Barkley goes to Philly as NFL free agency begins

Kirk Cousins is heading to the Falcons. Saquon Barkley is joining the Eagles. Brian Burns is going to the Giants. The first day of the NFL's legal tampering period was a free-for-all frenzy with teams...

Mar 11, 2024

US pledges an additional $100M for multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force mission to Haiti following a meeting w...

Mar 11, 2024

3 children and 2 adults die after school bus collides with semi in Illinois, authorities say

RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Five people, including three children, were killed Monday after a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway in western Illinois, authorities said. The bus was traveling eas...

Mar 11, 2024

Sexual orientation, gender ID can be talked about in Florida classrooms under lawsuit settlement

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement re...

Mar 11, 2024

Donald Trump wants New York hush-money trial delayed until Supreme Court rules on immunity claims

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. The Republi...

Mar 11, 2024

FBI again searches California federal women's prison plagued by sexual abuse

Federal investigators on Monday were again searching a troubled women's prison in California, seizing computers and documents in an apparent escalation of a yearslong sexual abuse investigation that l...

Mar 11, 2024

HUD Secretary Fudge announces resignation in late March

WASHINGTON (AP) - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving "with mixed emotions." A former mayor...

Mar 11, 2024