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Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment...

Dec 20, 2023

Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

PHOENIX (AP) - With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as "The Zone." But like many...

Dec 20, 2023

Boston mayor apologizes to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder that shone spotlight on racism

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology Wednesday to two Black men who were wrongly accused in a 1989 murder of a white woman, a case that coarsened divisions in a city long spl...

Dec 20, 2023

Hamas says its top leader has arrived in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas' top leader arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, the militant group said in a statement. The visit by Ismail Haniyeh came a day after Hama...

Dec 20, 2023

Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the sta...

Dec 19, 2023

Drought-prone California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California water agencies could soon turn wastewater into drinking water. The California Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday approved new rules for turning water from to...

Dec 19, 2023

Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges...

Dec 19, 2023

Earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 111 people in Gansu and Qinghai provinces

BEIJING (AP) - At least 111 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported on Tuesday. Search and rescue op...

Dec 18, 2023

Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest arrest migrants who enter the US illegally

Testing the limits of how far Texas can go to keep migrants out of the U.S., Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross th...

Dec 18, 2023

Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Hou...

Dec 18, 2023