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New Mexico Democratic attorney general won’t defend suspension of right to publicly carry guns

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's top prosecutor says he cannot undertake a defense of the governor's public health order that suspends the right to carry firearms in public. State Attorney Genera...

Sep 12, 2023

McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family's business dealings, launching his...

Sep 12, 2023

Red Cross official says 10,000 people missing after deadly floods in eastern Libya

GENEVA (AP) - The head of delegation for Libya for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says that 10,000 people are missing after devastating flooding in the North Afri...

Sep 12, 2023

Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday opened the first case to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul - deepening a showdown with the fa...

Sep 11, 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia before an expected meeting with Putin

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Joined by his top military officials handling his nuclear-capable weapons and munitions factories, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday before an expe...

Sep 11, 2023

Rodgers carted from sideline after suffering leg injury in first series for Jets

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Aaron Rodgers was injured on his fourth snap in his debut with the New York Jets, needing to be carted from the sideline with an apparent leg injury Monday night. Rodgers ...

Sep 11, 2023

American researcher has been rescued from deep Turkish cave more than a week after he fell ill

TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey (AP) - Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave on Monday, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entra...

Sep 11, 2023

Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in DC presiding over federal election subversion case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the fo...

Sep 11, 2023

US makes deal with Iran to swap prisoners and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in ...

Sep 11, 2023

Cease-fire declared after days of intense fighting in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) - An "immediate and lasting cease-fire" was declared Monday after a top Lebanese general met with officials from rival Palestinian factions, following days of fighting in Lebanon's...

Sep 11, 2023