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Flames menace multiple towns as wildfire grows into one of the largest in Texas history

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) - A cluster of wildfires that scorched the Texas Panhandle included a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, with flames moving with alarming speed and blackeni...

Feb 28, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo suspended for one match over alleged offensive gesture in Saudi league game

Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for one match for making an alleged offensive gesture during a Saudi Arabia league game while playing for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. The suspension was anno...

Feb 28, 2024

Texas man who long claimed innocence is executed for the slayings of 2, including cousin

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate who had long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence was executed Wednesday evening for fatally sho...

Feb 28, 2024

New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed a new Democrat-drawn congressional map that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts, helping their candidates ...

Feb 28, 2024

Supreme Court, moving quickly, will decide if Trump can be prosecuted in election interference case

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick r...

Feb 28, 2024

Biden 'continues to be fit for duty' his doctor says after president's annual exam

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Joe Biden "continues to be fit for duty," his doctor wrote Wednesday after conducting an annual physical that was closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelection. "P...

Feb 28, 2024

French Senate approves a bill to make abortion a constitutional right

PARIS (AP) - France's Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron in ...

Feb 28, 2024

Idaho delays execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech after failed lethal injection attempts

KUNA, Idaho (AP) - Idaho on Wednesday delayed the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S., after a failed attempt at lethal injection....

Feb 28, 2024

McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step d...

Feb 28, 2024

Paris City Hall says no Olympic Games policing plans were lost in theft of a worker's computer gear

PARIS (AP) - Paris City Hall said Wednesday that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Games were lost in the theft of computer gear reported by one of its employees. A City Hall statement said: ...

Feb 28, 2024