Month: December 2022

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. federal lawmakers have changed 19th-century maritime liability rules for accident…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The pope’s vicar for Rome called Friday for the full truth to come out about a famous Jesuit…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is decreasing in many parts of the country after an alarmingly early and strong start to the…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press President Joe Biden signed a large defense bill on Friday that includes a water bill that directs the Army Corps…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska judge has ruled that a state lawmaker with ties to the far-right Oath Keepers group is eligible to hold office.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The seemingly limitless range of Hong Chau is on display in three films this year, in roles so…

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A trial has been delayed for the former leader of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company who is accused of tens…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight U.S. military bases that housed tens of thousands of Afghan refugees after they were…

TORONTO (AP) — A major winter storm hitting Ontario and Quebec has caused widespread flight cancellations and school closures, and has knocked out…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of…

By NARDOS HAILE and KARENA PHAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Megan Thee Stallion is a three-time Grammy winner and hip-hop superstar, but…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An artist has devoted a sweeping new street mural to the memory of one of Los Angeles’ most famous residents. The subject?…

By TERRY CHEA Associated Press The U.S. military agency known for tracking Santa Claus doesn’t expect COVID-19 or the “bomb cyclone” hitting…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An underground fire has been raging at an environmental landfill near Birmingham for almost a month, covering Alabama’s…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Supporters of the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahda have demonstrated in front of…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government has expelled the top U.N. official in the country and asked her…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Online poker players in New Jersey and Michigan will be able to compete against each…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more…

By JUSTIN KATUMWA and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press KIBUMBA, Congo (AP) — Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreated Friday from some of the…