South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and…
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Court denies TikTok’s request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review
AP Business Writer A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban…
Continue Reading How to catch the Geminids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year
AP Science Writer The Geminids are among the few major meteor showers to come from asteroids. This year they peaked on Dec. 13 but will be visible…
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes Chile but there are no reports of damage
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken central Chile but there have been no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami had…
Continue Reading Bob Fernandez, 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, dies peacefully at home 83 years after bombing
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Bob Fernandez died on Wednesday in Lodi,…
Continue Reading SpaceX wants to make Starbase a new Texas city. Here’s how it could happen
Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — In the decade since SpaceX arrived on the Texas coast, billionaire Elon Musk’s company has created…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens.…
Continue Reading US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34M to exonerated woman
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury in Las Vegas has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who served more than 15 years in prison for a 2001…
Continue Reading Mysterious googly eyes go viral after appearing on public art in Oregon
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Googly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend. It has delighted many…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival is just one sign of the industry’s rise
Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia’s…
Continue Reading Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged monopolistic practices
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary says it plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged monopolistic practices involving…
Continue Reading Unique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine
AP Media Writer Donald Trump got something this year that no other person designated Time magazine’s Person of the Year had ever received. He…
Continue Reading NY police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — A report from the Department of Justice finds that the police department in a New York City suburb grossly violated…
Continue Reading Biden’s commutation in ‘kids for cash’ scandal angers some Pennsylvania families
Associated Press A judge who helped orchestrate a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks was among the 1,500 people…
Continue Reading Georgia Republicans recommend further law to restrict transgender women’s participation in sports
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Senate Republicans are recommending that the state write laws banning transgender girls and women from…
Continue Reading Leader of California white supremacist group gets two years in prison
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for inciting…
Continue Reading Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media…
Continue Reading Drones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings
Associated Press CHATHAM, N.J. (AP) — It’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones or something else, but for sure the…
Continue Reading Owner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory has been sentenced to three years of probation for failing to protect workers…
Continue Reading Kay Patterson, who rose from janitor at segregated South Carolina capitol to state senator, dies
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Sen. Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at the segregated Statehouse to…
Continue Reading Texas man has pleaded guilty to the death of a 5-year-old girl living in their Kansas homeless camp
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man who lived in a makeshift camp with a homeless 5-year-old Kansas girl and her father has pleaded guilty…
Continue Reading Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction,…
Continue Reading Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for 2 Venezuelan men accused of killing Texas girl
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas announced Friday that they will seek the death penalty against two Venezuelan men who are…
Continue Reading On Gita Jayanti, Hare Krishnas celebrate the birth of the sacred text Bhagavad Gita
Religion News Service (RNS) — When Patita Pavana Das was a sophomore at Indiana State University, he considered his life pretty typical: geoscience…
Continue Reading North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID-19 claims but against a clothing chain
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has ruled over some insurance claims filed by businesses that were…
Continue Reading Supreme Court will take up a challenge related to California’s tough vehicle emissions standards
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to challenge federal…
Continue Reading OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’
AP Technology Writer A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial…
Continue Reading UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by…
Continue Reading Maine’s voter-approved limit on PAC contributions triggers lawsuit in federal court
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A pair of conservative groups are challenging a new Maine law that limits donations to political action…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
Associated Press Taylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed…
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