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Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking secret military papers challenged a judge's decision that he remain behind bars, pointing Monday to the pretrial release of...

Jul 17, 2023

Top official in Justice Department's criminal division to depart

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Justice Department's criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years of overseeing work that ranged from corporate fraud prosecution to war crimes inv...

Jul 17, 2023

Deaths of four Oregon women over three months are linked, authorities say

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The deaths of four women whose bodies were found over the course of three months in or near Portland, Oregon, are linked, and at least one person of interest has been identified, au...

Jul 17, 2023

Judge strikes down law allowing Tennessee attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Republican lawmakers violated the Tennessee Constitution when they passed a law this spring giving the state attorney general more authority to argue certain death penalty cases,...

Jul 17, 2023

Blinken urges Congress to act on delayed ambassadorial nominations

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged the Senate to move forward with votes on more than 60 diplomatic nominations, including 38 ambassadors, that have been stalled due t...

Jul 17, 2023

US sending fighter jets, warship to Gulf region to protect ships from Iranian seizures

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships ther...

Jul 17, 2023

Jurors weighing fate of Pittsburgh synagogue killer hear of the devastation he left behind

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue targeted them because of their faith and has never once expressed remorse, a federal prosecutor said Monday in asking j...

Jul 17, 2023

Dozens of followers of Pakistan's Imran Khan quit his party and launch their own ahead of elections

ISLAMABAD (AP) - In a major blow to Pakistan's former prime minister and top opposition leader Imran Khan, dozens of his followers quit his party on Monday to launch their own ahead of parliamentary e...

Jul 17, 2023

After heat wave, wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital

LOUTRAKI, Greece (AP) - Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, as high winds pushed flames through hillside scrub and pine...

Jul 17, 2023

Turning Point Action's student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action's annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Flo...

Jul 17, 2023