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Russia says US gives written response on Ukraine demands

MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Foreign Ministry says the U.S. has delivered a written response to Moscow's security demands on Ukraine and NATO. The ministry said U.S. Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan ha...

Jan 26, 2022

AP sources: Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources ...

Jan 26, 2022

US-backed Syrian forces capture prison from IS after a week

BEIRUT (AP) - U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said they wrestled control of the last section of a prison controlled by Islamic State militants, ending a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the...

Jan 26, 2022

Coast Guard searches vast sea for 39 people lost off Florida

MIAMI (AP) - The Coast Guard searched through the night Wednesday for 39 people missing from a capsized boat after a solitary survivor was found clinging to the overturned hull off the Florida coast. ...

Jan 26, 2022

India's Republic Day parade curtailed amid COVID-19

NEW DELHI (AP) - Thousands of people braved a morning chill Wednesday on a ceremonial boulevard in India's capital to watch a display of the country's military power and cultural diversity, but the co...

Jan 26, 2022

Judge leaves New York indoor mask mandate in place, for now

A New York appeals judge left the state's indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration appeals a lower court's decision to overturn it. Judge Robert Miller granted the...

Jan 25, 2022

Capsized boat found near Florida; 39 people missing

MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be piloted by human smugglers capsized off Florida's coast en route from the ...

Jan 25, 2022

COVID-19 booster drive is faltering in the US

NEW YORK (AP) - The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly con...

Jan 25, 2022

2nd NYPD officer dies, days after Harlem shooting

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City police officer gravely wounded in a Harlem shooting that took his partner's life last week has also died of his injuries, police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Tuesd...

Jan 25, 2022

Avenatti asks to represent himself against Stormy Daniels

NEW YORK (AP) - Once-prominent California attorney Michael Avenatti tried Tuesday to interrupt his trial over whether he stole money from porn star Stormy Daniels to ask to represent himself, but the ...

Jan 25, 2022