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Irish prime minister concedes defeat in vote over constitutional amendments about family and women

DUBLIN (AP) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a w...

Mar 09, 2024

Foreigners trapped in violence-torn Haiti wait desperately for a way out

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government ...

Mar 08, 2024

Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3

LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) - A helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas crashed Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent, the military said. Another soldier on bo...

Mar 08, 2024

Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth em...

Mar 08, 2024

Nathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George Gascón

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman has advanced to a runoff against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascn, one of the country's most progressive prosecutors. Gascn...

Mar 08, 2024

Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge

VICTORIA, Texas (AP) - A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. ...

Mar 08, 2024

RNC votes to install Donald Trump's handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party

HOUSTON (AP) - The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump's handpicked leadership team, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a...

Mar 08, 2024

Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to e...

Mar 08, 2024

Third-party movement No Labels says it will field a 2024 presidential ticket

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The third-party presidential movement No Labels decided Friday to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election after months of weighing the launch of a so-called "unity ...

Mar 08, 2024

Trump attorneys post bond to support $83.3 million award to writer in defamation case

NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation t...

Mar 08, 2024