Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has…
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Big California storm dumps snow, drenches parched regions
By JANIE HAR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Motorists spun out on whitened mountain passes and residents wielded…
Continue Reading ‘Y’all pray for Mayfield’: Town grieves in tornado aftermath
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of one of the devastating tornadoes that cut a long path of destruction…
Continue Reading China marks 84th anniversary of Nanking Massacre in WWII
BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 84th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre, in which it says 300,000 civilians and disarmed soldiers were…
Continue Reading Sheriff: 1 dead, 13 injured in shooting at vigil in Texas
BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says one person has died and at least 13 others were injured in a drive-by shooting during a candlelight vigil near…
Continue Reading Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
By BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says at least 74 people were killed in the…
Continue Reading White House group’s annual Christmas ornament honors LBJ
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is honoring President Lyndon Johnson with its 2021…
Continue Reading California proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who decide to install home solar panels and storage systems would get…
Continue Reading Jurors at Potter trial see differences between gun, Taser
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged…
Continue Reading Boy charged in Michigan school deaths to stay in adult jail
By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has declined to move the 15-year-old charged…
Continue Reading Miss Universe is India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th winner
By ARIEL SCHALIT Associated Press EILAT, Israel (AP) — Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe, topping a field of some 80…
Continue Reading Australia and South Korea sign defense deal as leaders meet
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia and South Korea have signed a $720 million defense deal as South Korean President Moon Jae-in became the first…
Continue Reading Top US diplomat says China needs more ambitious climate goal
BEIJING (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat in China says the countries had a very good year for collaboration on dealing with climate change, but…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Since taking power after his father’s death in 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…
Continue Reading Judge, grandma, outdoorsman among those killed by twisters
By TRAVIS LOLLER and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Among the dozens of people killed by twisters that ripped through the…
Continue Reading Israeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank operation
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus. The official Palestinian…
Continue Reading Planning questions emerge at tornado-destroyed candle plant
By DYLAN LOVAN and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer…
Continue Reading South African president tests positive for COVID, mildly ill
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms…
Continue Reading Tornado survivor: ‘Not knowing is worse than knowing’
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Autumn Kirks and her boyfriend, Lannis Ward, were both working the night shift at a candle…
Continue Reading EU lawmaker Androulakis elected Greek socialist leader
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s third-largest group in parliament has elected a European Parliament lawmaker…
Continue Reading Inflation is painfully high, but some relief may be coming
By STAN CHOE and CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Inflation is painfully high, but this hopefully is close to as bad as it gets.…
Continue Reading Officials halt search for woman who went overboard on cruise
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard authorities have halted the search for a woman who reportedly went overboard on a cruise ship near…
Continue Reading Paul Revere family artifacts found in attic sold for $20K
BOSTON (AP) — Artifacts once owned by Paul Revere’s family have been sold at auction for $20,000. The Boston Globe reports that the items were…
Continue Reading Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Search efforts at an Amazon facility in Illinois where at least six people were killed in a…
Continue Reading France: 400 investigations into fake COVID-19 health passes
PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister says the country has opened 400 investigations into networks providing fake COVID-19 health passes.…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson: UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of omicron cases
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Britain faces a “tidal wave” of infections from the…
Continue Reading Spielberg ‘West Side Story’ debuts weakly with $10.5M
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite critical acclaim and two years-worth of anticipation, Steven Spielberg’s lavish “West Side…
Continue Reading Thousands protest in Prague against COVID vaccine mandate
PRAGUE (AP) — Several thousand people have marched through the Czech capital to protest a vaccination mandate for certain groups including people…
Continue Reading Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich to get COVID vaccine after infection
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich has told German TV that he will get vaccinated against the coronavirus after his earlier…
Continue Reading Satellite images, expert suggest Iranian space launch coming
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran appears to be preparing for a space launch as negotiations continue in…
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