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Georgia says its ex-president arrested after returning home

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours aft...

Oct 01, 2021

Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, has no symptoms

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vacci...

Oct 01, 2021

Fire in Romanian hospital kills at least 9 people

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A fire at a hospital in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least nine COVID-19 patients, authorities said Friday. All the victims were in the intensive care unit o...

Oct 01, 2021

Democrats struggle to save Biden $3.5T bill, no deal struck

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats were still struggling late Thursday to reach a deal on President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion government overhaul. Late-night vot...

Sep 30, 2021

Police: Human remains could be Iowa boy who vanished in May

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) - Investigators searching for an Iowa boy who vanished in May days before his 11th birthday said Thursday they have found human remains matching his description in a nearby cornfi...

Sep 30, 2021

Mayor apologizes for backing mask critics' Holocaust imagery

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The mayor of Alaska's largest city apologized Thursday for his comments supporting some residents' use of Holocaust imagery to liken a proposed citywide mask mandate to the op...

Sep 30, 2021

Boy shot, wounded at Tennessee school; juvenile detained

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Thursday at a school in Memphis, Tennessee, and police detained a second boy believed to be the shooter. The K-8 school was placed o...

Sep 30, 2021

Ethiopia expels UN officials amid Tigray blockade pressure

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia said Thursday it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accused of "meddling" in the country's internal affairs, as pressure grows on the Ethiopian govern...

Sep 30, 2021

Very heavy rain causes flash floods in Slovenia's capital

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Very heavy rainfall has caused flash floods in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana that interrupted a theatre show, surged inside homes, hospitals and other buildings, and forced h...

Sep 30, 2021

Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case

PARIS (AP) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty Thursday of illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid. Sarkozy wasn't present at the Paris court for the ...

Sep 30, 2021