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Maine mass shooting commission gets subpoena power
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history now has the power to compel witnesses to…
Continue ReadingAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history now has the power to compel witnesses to…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO and ANNIE MA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four years after the coronavirus pandemic first sent students and teachers into…
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. government audit has found that after two devastating hurricanes and a string…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia legislation that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is…
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to be released from Walter Reed…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans tried to expel her from the state House,…
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has unveiled sweeping legislation that’s meant to…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in the Pacific Northwest…
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke is the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago isn’t renewing its ShotSpotter contract and will stop…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s comments calling into question the U.S. commitment to defend its NATO allies from…
Continue ReadingTwo climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley has made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaving it on the field seemed to be the M.O. for everyone who got the chance to return to…
Continue ReadingBy RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam ‘s forthcoming album is called “Dark Matter,” its first single of the same title has been released, and the…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies have announced they…
Continue ReadingBy VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press Looking for a last-minute gift for Valentine’s Day? One that’s sustainable, beautiful and meaningful?…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired top executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and Ohio’s former top utility regulator…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A witness has testified at the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy that he saw the man who was killed not long…
Continue ReadingBy KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OLNEY, England (AP) — For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years,…
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank…
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press An official says a fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020…
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for a New Hampshire-based investment company has pleaded guilty in…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Millions of Indonesians are choosing a new president as the world’s…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a…
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Police say a 45-year-old man has been arrested in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue found…
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A stalled marijuana law in the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a big push after an…
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wants to move up the trial date in a dispute over his…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge says restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business…
Continue ReadingTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — In a Feb. 6 story about a lawsuit filed by Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn over a police raid on the Kansas…
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says dozens of people are dead and several are missing after…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency says Ukraine will need nearly $9 billion over the next decade to rebuild its cultural sites…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Flight attendants for major U.S. airlines are holding rallies at airports around the country to push for higher pay. Tuesday’s…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A nasty storm with 60 mph winds is raking parts of the Northeast creating dangerous conditions on the road and it’s leading to…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Frans Hals is the latest 17th century Dutch master to feature in a major exhibition at the…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has offered some concessions to farming unionists who are threatening to block roads…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The weeks after Kaniya Harris found out she was pregnant were among the hardest in her life.…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before there was John and Yoko, there was just Yoko Ono. The Japanese-American artist became a…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature is taking another shot at passing a new…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Body Shop, the British beauty and cosmetics retail chain, says it’s appointed insolvency…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government says it has lodged an “urgent request” with the…
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The muted sounds of hammering and sanding drift down to the first floor of Bario…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods in a red shirt on Sunday has become as recognizable as a Masters champion in a green…
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Nine workers are believed to be trapped underground after a landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey. Officials sau the…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Two Thai journalists arrested for reporting on the vandalism of Bangkok temple wall with graffiti criticizing a pro-monarchy law…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An LGBTQ rights activist in Poland says he believes it’s a “new beginning” in Poland…
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Amnesty International says security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people,…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is rolling out new recordkeeping rules for U.S. investment advisers…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Parts of the Northeast were hit Tuesday by a snowstorm that canceled flights and schools…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” will be given its delayed U.S. premiere on Sept. 25 to open the season of the Opera…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police say four people were killed and five others are in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a streetside…
Continue ReadingMAGNOLIA, W.Va. (AP) — CSX says a cargo train derailed in rural West Virginia, but no injuries were reported and no cars containing hazardous…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official says she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing and plans to set up an…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the United Arab Emirates on…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, distributed a record-setting $11.8…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed has drawn another challenger in her reelection contest this…
Continue ReadingBy LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet While credit scores aren’t exactly the most romantic topic of discussion, they can be the keys to unlocking the…
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media say counterterrorism police have arrested an Islamic State group suspect who was working at a nuclear power plant…
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The violins, violas and cellos played by the Orchestra of the Sea in its debut performance Monday at…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — King Charles III has returned to London from his country retreat for what is expected to be further treatment following his cancer…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are making progress toward a deal that aims to bring…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods might still be donning his familiar red polo shirt, but the iconic…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency has postponed the second test flight of its new flagship rocket H3 series…
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less secure in the U.S. than they did a year ago, according to a new…
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight this year due to a calendar collision of events. Yes, it’s Valentine’s…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has warned that Iran is…
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are marching toward the capital to demand guaranteed crop…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The world has entered an era of increasing instability as countries around the globe boost military…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on a wanted list, an official register showed Tuesday, as tensions soar between…
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Firefighters in Sweden are struggling for the second day to put out a blaze at a water park that’s under construction at one…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Don’t feed the pandas. That’s the rule seemingly broken by a man who was banned for life from one of China’s main…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shimmer and glimmer with a dash of the majestic was on display Monday as Tory Burch showed her…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Daihatsu has named a veteran at its parent company Toyota to replace its…
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says will outlaw doxxing – the malicious release online…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says that the dangers that keep him awake at…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities have deployed heavy security and barricaded borders points leading to New Delhi to stop thousands of protesting…
Continue Readingby JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, as investors awaited an update on U.S. consumer…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ Carnival season is nearing its “Fat Tuesday” climax, with the last lavish…
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats have an opportunity to strengthen their hold on the…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — While Valentine’s Day may not be known as a busy time for air travel, it’s a busy time at Miami International Airport.…
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press An unusual special election in New York City’s suburbs could be a bellwether in the fight for control of…
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Family and friends are gathering in Georgia this week as funerals begin for…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House is set to vote on whether to impeach Homeland Security…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is poised to offer aid to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to control illegal crossings on the…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Having failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas the first…
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Years before starting a family of her own, Stella Belia was already waging a tireless…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation may have fallen below a 3% annual rate last month, which would be the lowest…
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