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GOP's Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek options

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who refus...

Oct 18, 2023

Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba revealed her fate as part of plea deal

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The chief suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba had to reveal her fate as part of a plea deal in an extortion case. U.S. Judge Anna Manasco said the plea de...

Oct 18, 2023

US vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas' attacks on Israel and all violence against civilians

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned Hamas' attacks against Israel and all violence against civilians and urged humanitarian aid to Pale...

Oct 18, 2023

Biden lands in Israel as Middle East turmoil grows following hospital explosion in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - President Joe Biden touched down in Israel on Wednesday for a diplomatic scramble to prevent the war with Hamas from spiraling into an even larger conflict, a challenge that be...

Oct 18, 2023

Gaza's doctors struggle to save hospital blast survivors as Middle East rage grows

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Doctors in Gaza City faced with dwindling medical supplies performed surgery on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, in a desperate bid to save badly wounded victi...

Oct 18, 2023

Remains of at least 189 people removed from Colorado funeral home, up from 115, officials say

DENVER (AP) - The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered...

Oct 17, 2023

Father and other family members are convicted in New Mexico kidnapping and terrorism case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Jurors on Tuesday convicted a father of terrorism charges in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia and was found dead hundreds...

Oct 17, 2023

Voting for House speaker is underway as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, a Trump ally

WASHINGTON (AP) - Voting for House speaker is underway Tuesday as Republicans try to elect firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan, elevating a chief ally of Donald Trump to a center seat of U.S. power and showing ...

Oct 17, 2023

For the first time, Ukraine has used US-provided long-range ATACMS missiles against Russian forces

WASHINGTON (AP) - The longer-range ballistic missiles long sought by Ukraine have been delivered quietly by the U.S. and were being used on the battlefield against Russia on Tuesday, an official famil...

Oct 17, 2023

French prosecutor says alleged attacker in school stabbing declared allegiance to Islamic State

PARIS (AP) - France's anti-terror prosecutor said Tuesday that a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally stabbing a teacher in a school attack last we...

Oct 17, 2023