Secret Service agent fired at suspects outside of Janet Yellen’s house in Washington DC
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury…
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Goodell speaks to Congress about the security issue of drones on NFL game days, AP source says
AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the meeting says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has met with congressional leaders to speak to them…
Continue Reading Iowa sues Biden administration for citizenship status of over 2,000 registered voters
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are suing the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of…
Continue Reading Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over…
Continue Reading Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden gun case terminated after President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge formally terminated the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the…
Continue Reading Jay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ immersive New York exhibit lives up to its name and becomes a book
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z’s popular exhibit “The Book of Hov” in New York is about to live up to its name by becoming…
Continue Reading Lawmakers in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia reject encouraging Russian investment
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Lawmakers in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday rejected a bill offering privileges to Russian investors…
Continue Reading Tiger Woods has no firm answers on a deal with Saudis or his future as a player
AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future…
Continue Reading What to know about Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law for public workers
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for…
Continue Reading ‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024’s most notable quotations
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift tops a list of 2024’s most notable quotations compiled by Yale University,…
Continue Reading Israeli American soldier killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack remembered at New York memorial service
Associated Press SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Jewish community is mourning the death of a young Israeli American soldier who Israeli authorities…
Continue Reading Small business owners brace for Trump’s proposed tariffs
AP Business Writer Small businesses are bracing for stiff tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has proposed as one of his first actions when he…
Continue Reading 10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches
Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear of being wiped out by the next big storm is…
Continue Reading Canadian minister says Trump was joking when he said Canada could become the 51st state
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian minister who attended a dinner between President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Continue Reading The drinking water for New Jersey’s capital went largely untested for more than a year, utility says
Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A utility says the drinking water in New Jersey’s capital city and some surrounding communities went…
Continue Reading Jill Biden’s final foreign trip as first lady will close with her and Trump at Notre Dame cathedral
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has departed on her final solo foreign trip as first lady. It’s a six-day, four-country haul…
Continue Reading Search suspended for man believed to have gone overboard from cruise ship off California’s coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it has suspended the search for a man believed to have gone overboard from a cruise…
Continue Reading Kendrick Lamar and SZA announce 2025 North American stadium tour
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Not Like Us,” it’s like them — Kendrick Lamar and SZA will hit the road together in 2025. On Tuesday…
Continue Reading An Italian man gets life in prison for killing ex-girlfriend amid anger over violence against women
MILAN (AP) — A 22-year-old Italian man who confessed in court to killing his ex-girlfriend was convicted of her murder on Tuesday and sentenced to…
Continue Reading France’s government looks on the brink of collapse. What’s next?
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s minority government appears to be in its final hours as opposition lawmakers from the left and the far…
Continue Reading Great Lakes region braces for more snow while cleaning up after lake-effect storms
Associated Press Even more snow could be on the way for places in the Great Lakes region that are still digging out after days of storms caused…
Continue Reading Last 2 defendants in Atlanta’s Young Thug trial are acquitted of murder and gang charges
Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — The long-running gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta that led rapper Young Thug to plead…
Continue Reading US job openings rose last month, though hiring slowed, in mixed picture for labor market
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3 1/2 year low in September, a…
Continue Reading The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
Associated Press It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter’s time in the White House…
Continue Reading EU votes to lower protection status for wolves after farmers push to allow culls
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European nations have approved plans to scale back the protection for wolves in a victory for farmers over…
Continue Reading 2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Did you have a “Brat summer” this year? Were you “demure,” and were you “mindful”? Did you enter a…
Continue Reading Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter spurs broader discussion on who else should be granted clemency
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has ducked questions on his decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter, ignoring…
Continue Reading A rare ceremony in Thailand marks the king’s auspicious 72nd birthday
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Tuesday presided over a parade that saw the queen lead hundreds of military personnel in…
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