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US sending fighter jets, warship to Gulf region to protect ships from Iranian seizures

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships ther...

Jul 17, 2023

Jurors weighing fate of Pittsburgh synagogue killer hear of the devastation he left behind

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue targeted them because of their faith and has never once expressed remorse, a federal prosecutor said Monday in asking j...

Jul 17, 2023

Dozens of followers of Pakistan's Imran Khan quit his party and launch their own ahead of elections

ISLAMABAD (AP) - In a major blow to Pakistan's former prime minister and top opposition leader Imran Khan, dozens of his followers quit his party on Monday to launch their own ahead of parliamentary e...

Jul 17, 2023

After heat wave, wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital

LOUTRAKI, Greece (AP) - Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, as high winds pushed flames through hillside scrub and pine...

Jul 17, 2023

Turning Point Action's student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action's annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Flo...

Jul 17, 2023

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tests positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he'll keep to a lower public profile this week after testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday. In a tweet, the Democratic governor described the...

Jul 17, 2023

Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic

NEW YORK (AP) - A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely sugge...

Jul 17, 2023

Mother says man who shot four in 31st mass killing this year needed mental help for nearly a decade

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - The 40-year-old man who shot four people in the country's 31st mass killing this year needed mental help for nearly a decade but his family and officials couldn't force him to get ...

Jul 17, 2023

Vanishing whale's decline worse than previously thought, feds say

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A review of the status of a vanishing species of whale found that the animal's population is in worse shape than previously thought, federal ocean regulators said Monday. The No...

Jul 17, 2023

Veteran police official Edward Caban becomes first Latino to head the NYPD

NEW YORK (AP) - Edward Caban, who joined the New York Police Department as a young patrol officer in 1991 and rose through the ranks, was sworn in Monday as police commissioner, becoming the first Lat...

Jul 17, 2023