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White House: Jill Biden has cancerous lesions removed

WASHINGTON (AP) - Surgeons removed a cancerous lesion above first lady Jill Biden's right eye Wednesday, as well as another cancerous lesion on her chest, the White House said, while a third lesion on...

Jan 11, 2023

New York Republicans call on new GOP Rep. Santos to resign

NEW YORK (AP) - Local Republican leaders in New York on Wednesday called for the immediate resignation of new GOP congressman George Santos, who is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over h...

Jan 11, 2023

Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing New York to continue to enforce a sweeping new gun law banning guns from "sensitive places" for now while a court challenge plays out. The justices on W...

Jan 11, 2023

6 stabbed in Paris train station, attacker shot by police

PARIS (AP) - A knife attacker wounded six people in an unprovoked attack in Paris' busy Gare du Nord train station Wednesday morning before being shot by police, the French interior minister said. The...

Jan 11, 2023

Texas executes ex-officer who hired 2 people to kill wife

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former suburban Houston police officer was executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago amid a contentious divorce and custody battl...

Jan 10, 2023

Biden 'surprised' government records at old office

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he was "surprised' when he was informed that government records were found by his attorneys at a former office space in Washington, after the to...

Jan 10, 2023

Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, has died in Rome at age 81. Va...

Jan 10, 2023

Pentagon drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate Tuesday, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whethe...

Jan 10, 2023

Romanian court upholds arrest of influencer Andrew Tate

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A Romanian official says a court in the capital Bucharest has upheld the 30-day arrest of influencer Andrew Tate on charges of organized crime, human trafficking and rape. Ra...

Jan 10, 2023

Rep. Katie Porter seeking Feinstein's Senate seat in 2024

Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California said Tuesday she will seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat and the oldest member of the chamber. "Especially ...

Jan 10, 2023