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Group promoting plant-based eating wants a new name for Macon Bacon baseball team

MACON, Ga. (AP) - A doctors' group that promotes plant-based eating and animal rights is makin' a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball team. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sent a ...

Jun 22, 2023

House Republicans push off Biden impeachment move for now as hard-right clamors for action

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge t...

Jun 22, 2023

Did initial delays in communication hamper tourist sub search?

BOSTON (AP) - Eight hours. And within them, many unanswered questions. About an hour and a half after it dipped below the North Atlantic, a submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Tit...

Jun 22, 2023

Past deep sea rescues show the challenges of saving those on board

BOSTON (AP) - The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the Titanic wreckage has drawn attention to other deep-sea rescues. Those rescue efforts - from a...

Jun 22, 2023

Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a Trump critic, announces 2024 Republican presidential campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced on Thursday that he's running for president, hoping to build momentum as a more...

Jun 22, 2023

Search for the missing Titanic submersible nears the critical 96-hour mark for oxygen supply

The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic neared the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air is expected to run out, reaching a vital momen...

Jun 22, 2023

US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Moscow court to appeal extended detention

MOSCOW (AP) - Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, appeared in court Thursday to appeal his extended detention. U.S. citizen Gershkovich, 31, was a...

Jun 22, 2023

Tornadoes tear through northern Texas town, killing 3 people and causing widespread damage

MATADOR, Texas (AP) - A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three people and causing significant damage around the nort...

Jun 22, 2023

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton barred from voting in husband's impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of Attorney General Ken Paxton, is barred from voting in the impeachment trial that could lead to her husband's permanent removal from off...

Jun 21, 2023

House censures Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff for comments he made several years ago about investigations into Donald Trump's ties to Russia, rebuking the Democrat...

Jun 21, 2023