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Detective: Sailor grabbed gun barrel to end Club Q shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The 22-year-old accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in November ran a neo-Nazi website and used gay and racial slurs ...

Feb 22, 2023

5 die in small airplane crash near Little Rock factory

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Five people died when a small airplane crashed near a Little Rock factory on Wednesday shortly after taking off, authorities said. The twin-engine plane crashed outside a 3M p...

Feb 22, 2023

Biden: Putin's suspension of arms treaty with US a 'mistake'

WARSAW (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "mistake" by suspending his country's participation in the the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms con...

Feb 22, 2023

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to run for 4th term in Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana said Wednesday he will seek reelection to a fourth term in 2024, a boost to Democrats' hopes of maintaining a seat in the Republican-leaning stat...

Feb 22, 2023

Palestinians: 6 killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank

JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian officials say at least six Palestinians have been killed and dozens were wounded in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. They say that a 72-year-old man was...

Feb 22, 2023

Germany expels 2 Iranian diplomats over death sentence

BERLIN (AP) - Germany said Wednesday that it is expelling two Iranian diplomats over the death sentence imposed in Iran against one of its citizens. Authorities in Iran announced Tuesday that Jamshid ...

Feb 22, 2023

Liberal judge advances in race for Wisconsin high court

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A liberal Milwaukee judge advanced in Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, securing one of two spots for the April general election that will determine majority control. Mil...

Feb 21, 2023

McClellan wins special election for Virginia’s 4th District

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democrat Jennifer McClellan defeated her Republican opponent in a special election Tuesday to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black wo...

Feb 21, 2023

Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle City Council has added caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to specifically ban caste discrimination. Calls to outlaw discrimination ba...

Feb 21, 2023

Mexico’s ex-public security chief convicted in US drug case

NEW YORK (AP) - A former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the U.S. on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating. Under tight...

Feb 21, 2023