Republicans on House Ethics reject for now releasing report on Matt Gaetz
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel’s long-running investigation…
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Congo opposition leaders call for protests against president’s plan to change constitution
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Leaders of the main opposition parties in Congo have called for nationwide protests against President Felix…
Continue Reading Archbishop of Canterbury will end official duties in early January amid sex abuse scandal
LONDON (AP) — The office of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, says he will wrap up his…
Continue Reading Mexico’s president says government is investigating reported ransomware hack of legal affairs office
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack of her administration’s legal affairs…
Continue Reading Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them
Associated Press Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to penalize…
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Second teen charged in New Jersey forest fire as rain should help douse New York blaze
Associated Press A second teenager has been charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia. Meanwhile a storm…
Continue Reading NYPD gets a new top cop after months of turmoil. Jessica Tisch is the 2nd woman to lead the force
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city…
Continue Reading A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025
MACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan…
Continue Reading Radical Jaguar rebrand and new logo sparks ire online
NEW YORK (AP) — A promotional video for a rebrand of British luxury car brand Jaguar is being criticized online for showing models in brightly…
Continue Reading Family of teen killed in shooting sue Tuskegee University for wrongful death
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The parents of an 18-year-old who was killed in a hail of gunfire at Tuskegee University are suing the school in a wrongful…
Continue Reading Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
NEW YORK (AP) — A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on…
Continue Reading Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish authorities say they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to…
Continue Reading Russia’s ally Belarus targets hundreds for showing solidarity with Ukraine during the war
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights report says hundreds of people in Belarus who have shown solidarity with Ukraine have been…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A day after New York prosecutors said they will fight efforts to dismiss Donald Trump’s hush money conviction,…
Continue Reading FTX co-founder gets no prison time after cooperating in case against Sam Bankman-Fried
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An apologetic FTX co-founder has been sentenced to no time in prison after a prosecutor and a judge praised his…
Continue Reading Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in an Athens apartment building
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens.…
Continue Reading Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he’s chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as…
Continue Reading Gallaudet women’s volleyball team is signing, quietly winning and rolling into the NCAA Tournament
AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Laughs and the occasional celebratory scream pierce the calm quiet of the gym and the sound of volleyballs…
Continue Reading US vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza because there’s no link to a hostage release
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war…
Continue Reading Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials demanded Wednesday the freedom to strike Lebanon’s Hezbollah as part of any cease-fire…
Continue Reading Rafael Nadal’s legacy is a relentlessness that inspired Carlos Alcaraz and plenty of others
AP Tennis Writer MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s retirement from tennis serves as a reminder that for all of his Grand Slam titles and…
Continue Reading Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name
NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell’s is ditching the soup — at least in name. And the change has now received shareholders’ greenlight. Campbell Soup…
Continue Reading Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government ‘overreach’ seen under Biden
AP Airlines Writer The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines…
Continue Reading UEFA orders Kosovo to forfeit Nations League game after team walks off. Romania punished for chants
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has ordered Kosovo to forfeit a Nations League game in Romania after its team refused to play on in second-half…
Continue Reading ICC sentences al-Qaida-linked former police chief to 10 years for war crimes in Mali
Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison for war…
Continue Reading Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer’s funeral
LONDON (AP) — The former members of One Direction reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan…
Continue Reading Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects Swiss allegation that its first user may have been strangled
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S.…
Continue Reading Explosion rocks condominium in Detroit suburb, sparking fires and injuring 2
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say an explosion possibly caused by a natural gas leak has rocked a suburban Detroit condominium complex. At…
Continue Reading Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole
Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The Venezuelan man convicted in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life…
Continue Reading Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe
AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ford is cutting its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, citing headwinds…
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