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Republicans sweep 3 major state offices in Louisiana election

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Republicans swept three runoff races for powerful statewide offices in Louisiana - attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer - Saturday night. The GOP success, in a st...

Nov 18, 2023

Adam Johnson's UK team retires his jersey number after the player's skate-cut death

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) - The English hockey team that Adam Johnson played for retired his No. 47 jersey on Saturday as part of a memorial game honoring the American who died after an opposing player...

Nov 18, 2023

Authorities say they have identified the suspect in the shooting of a hospital security guard

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Authorities say the gunman who was killed after shooting to death a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital has been identified. New Hampshire Attorney General John...

Nov 18, 2023

Shifa Hospital patients, staff and displaced leave the compound, Gaza health officials say

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza health officials say many patients, medical staff and the displaced on Saturday left Gaza's largest hospital, which was taken over by Israeli forces earlier in the ...

Nov 18, 2023

Colorado judge keeps Trump on ballot, rejecting challenge under Constitution's insurrection clause

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado judge on Friday rejected an effort to keep former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot, the latest blow to groups seeking to block his run for a...

Nov 17, 2023

Liberian President George Weah concedes defeat after provisional results show challenger won

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat late Friday after provisional results from this week's runoff vote showed challenger Joseph Boakai beating him by just over a pe...

Nov 17, 2023

Shooting at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital ends with suspect dead, police say

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A shooting at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital Friday ended with "multiple victims" and a dead shooter, authorities said. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press ...

Nov 17, 2023

A Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist 'Mo' Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna "Mo" Wilson in a case that sent investigators on...

Nov 17, 2023

Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, Carter Center says

PLAINS, Ga. - Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. The center said the 96-year-old is at home with former President Jimm...

Nov 17, 2023

Senegal's highest court ruling blocks detained opposition leader Sonko from running for president

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal's highest court on Friday effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year by overturning a decision that reinstated...

Nov 17, 2023