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Coast Guard: California oil spill likely 25,000 gallons

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline leak in Southern California is believed to be close to 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials...

Oct 14, 2021

Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon

WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the...

Oct 14, 2021

Murdaugh charged with taking insurance money in maid's death

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper, state police said Thursday. Alex Murdaugh was a...

Oct 14, 2021

Mali's Timbuktu fears jihadis as France reduces troops

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) - It's been nine years since Islamic extremists in northern Mali arrested Zahra Abdou on charges of showing her hair and wearing an outfit they said was too tight. The al-Qaida-lin...

Oct 14, 2021

Armed clash erupts in Beirut in protest against blast judge

BEIRUT (AP) - Armed clashes broke out in Beirut Thursday during a protest against the lead judge investigating last year's massive blast in the city's port, as tensions over the domestic probe boiled ...

Oct 14, 2021

Norway bow-and-arrow suspect was flagged for radicalization

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Danish man who is in custody in Norway suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small town that killed five people and wounded two others is a Muslim convert who had previ...

Oct 14, 2021

Fire kills 14 people, injures 51 in southern Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A fire engulfed a 13-story building overnight Thursday in southern Taiwan, killing 14 people and injuring 51. The building caught on fire around 3 a.m., fire department officials...

Oct 13, 2021

Japan PM dissolves lower house for Oct. 31 national election

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for Oct. 31 national elections. Kishida says he is seeking the public's mandate f...

Oct 13, 2021

Senate hopeful Herschel Walker cancels event over swastika

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker has called off a fundraiser in Texas because an organizer was displaying a swastika made of syringes in her social media profile...

Oct 13, 2021

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former Justice Dept. lawyer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed a former Justice Department lawyer who, documents show, aided Donald Trump's efforts to challenge...

Oct 13, 2021