Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government…
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Manhattan man pleads guilty to helping establish secret Chinese police station in NYC
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of…
Continue Reading Atlantic City mayor indicted for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims that he abused her
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small has been indicted on a witness tampering charge for allegedly asking…
Continue Reading Wisconsin school shooter had 2 guns and got messages from man accused of plotting his own attack
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the…
Continue Reading Man charged with mass shooting at Illinois parade loses bid to bar his statements at trial
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A judge has declined to throw out statements made by a man charged with a mass shooting at a parade in suburban Chicago in…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to weigh state moves to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to…
Continue Reading Police suspect a Utah father killed his wife and 3 kids, wounded a son, then killed himself
Associated Press Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say they have no motive yet to explain why a man apparently killed his wife and three children…
Continue Reading Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5M
NEW YORK (AP) — The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday.…
Continue Reading The fate of the first-ever White House Gender Policy Council is uncertain in Trump’s administration
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During the transition period between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, there has been at…
Continue Reading Former New Orleans priest, 93, is sentenced to life in prison for raping boy decades ago
Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest Wednesday to spend the rest of his…
Continue Reading Demolition begins on former Chicago nightclub where stampede killed 21
CHICAGO (AP) — Demolition has begun on a historic downtown building two decades after a stampede at the dance club it housed left 21 dead and…
Continue Reading Endangered whales found entangled in rope off Massachusetts, and 1 is likely to die
Associated Press Two endangered whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off Massachusetts, and one is likely to die from its injuries, the…
Continue Reading Egypt’s prime minister briefly pauses a news conference after feeling dizzy
CAIRO (AP) — A government spokesperson says Egypt’s prime minister was forced to briefly pause a news conference after experiencing some…
Continue Reading A Vermont military contractor will pay a $426K settlement for using foreign parts in its products
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Vermont military contractor will pay nearly half a million dollars to settle allegations that it…
Continue Reading Jacob Elordi thinks Paul Schrader’s cinema language in ‘Oh, Canada’ doesn’t take long to learn
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Elordi is suddenly everywhere in Hollywood, so much so that he thinks he must be dreaming. Amid a…
Continue Reading New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon
MIAMI (AP) — A grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign…
Continue Reading Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 to be retired during February ceremony at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Clark finished her…
Continue Reading Sarkozy’s court defeat: a look at the legal cases involving France’s former president
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said he will go to the European Court of Human Rights, after his…
Continue Reading China and India agree to work on solution to their border dispute in the Himalayas
Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — China and India have agreed to work toward a solution to their long-running border dispute in the Himalayas…
Continue Reading Wisconsin’s tight Republican majority sparks hope for bipartisan cooperation
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans will still be in charge when the Wisconsin Legislature returns to work in January but will have…
Continue Reading House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz,…
Continue Reading Health officials say Louisiana patient is first severe bird flu case in US
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health…
Continue Reading Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it’s not sold
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal…
Continue Reading Several children killed in stampede at a holiday fair event in Nigeria, state governor says
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Several children have died during a stampede on Wednesday at a holiday funfair in southwestern Nigeria,…
Continue Reading Jacob Collier enlisted 100,000 concertgoers on his way to more Grammy nods
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier took an unexpected approach to the final installment of his four-part…
Continue Reading How you could benefit from tax-loss selling this year
The U.S. market gained more than 25% for the year to date through mid-December 2024. That’s a healthy showing by any measure. It doesn’t seem…
Continue Reading Not quite the ‘Girl from Ipanema’, a fur seal’s rare appearance on Rio’s famous beach turns heads
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fur seal was spotted on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, attracting attention from locals and…
Continue Reading Mauritius wants to rethink a deal with the UK over remote islands housing a key US base
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a…
Continue Reading US repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home…
Continue Reading Former Alabama police sergeant gets over a year in prison for beating a jailed man
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police sergeant has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison after pleading guilty in August to…
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