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Republicans object to replacing Feinstein on Judiciary panel

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans blocked a Democratic request to temporarily replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, leaving Democrats with few options for mov...

Apr 18, 2023

'Like an earthquake': NYC parking garage partially collapses

NEW YORK (AP) - A parking garage partially collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan's Financial District, and firefighters were searching for people who might have been trapped in the debris, authorities ...

Apr 18, 2023

4 fatally shot in Maine home, followed by gunfire on highway

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) - Four people were fatally shot in a Maine home in a crime that was linked to gunfire that erupted later Tuesday on a busy interstate highway about 25 miles away, leaving three pe...

Apr 18, 2023

Police say several injured in western German city gym attack

BERLIN (AP) - German police say several people have been injured in an attack at a gym in the western city of Duisburg. Tuesday evening's attack occurred in the old city of Duisburg and police asked r...

Apr 18, 2023

Sheriff: Arrest warrant moot for kidnapping of Emmett Till

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi sheriff says in a new court filing that there's no point in serving an arrest warrant on a white woman in the 1955 kidnapping that led to the lynching of Black teen...

Apr 18, 2023

Littlest intruder: Toddler crawls through White House fence

WASHINGTON (AP) - A toddler on Tuesday earned the title of one of the tiniest White House intruders after he squeezed through the metal fencing on the north side of the executive mansion. U.S. Secret ...

Apr 18, 2023

UN says leaving Afghanistan would be 'heartbreaking'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations is ready to take the "heartbreaking" decision to pull out of Afghanistan in May if it can't persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organization, ...

Apr 18, 2023

Teen pleads guilty in Iowa teacher's beating death

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - One of two Iowa teenagers charged in the beating death of an Iowa high school teacher has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Willard Miller changed his plea to guilty Tuesda...

Apr 18, 2023

Odd spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska night sky

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Northern light enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in with the green bands of light dancing in the Alaska skies: A light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the au...

Apr 18, 2023

Sudanese army, rival forces agree to 24-hour cease-fire

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Arabic-language media are saying that the Sudanese army has agreed to a 24-hour cease-fire, starting on Tuesday evening, hours after rival forces said they would also abide by a...

Apr 18, 2023