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Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91

SEASIDE, Calif. (AP) - Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presid...

Jun 27, 2021

Flames hamper rescue effort amid rubble of Florida condo

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not be...

Jun 26, 2021

Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal ...

Jun 25, 2021

Knife attack in German city leaves 3 dead, suspect arrested

BERLIN (AP) - A man armed with a long knife killed three people and injured five others, some seriously, in Germany's southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday before being shot by police and arrested, aut...

Jun 25, 2021

Chauvin could face decadeslong sentence in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin learns his sentence Friday for murder in George Floyd' s death, closing a chapter in a case that sparked global outrage and a reckoni...

Jun 25, 2021

AP source: Justice Department suing Georgia over voting laws

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's voting laws, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. The announcement will be made later Friday by Attorney General Me...

Jun 25, 2021

Toll in Florida collapse rises to 4; 159 remain missing

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Officials say there are still 159 people unaccounted for after the partial collapse of a beachside building in Florida. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava noted Friday that re...

Jun 25, 2021

1 dead, hundreds injured by rare tornado in Czech Republic

PRAGUE (AP) - A rare tornado tore through southeastern Czech Republic, killing at least one person and injuring hundreds of people, the rescue services said on Friday. The tornado was formed late Thur...

Jun 24, 2021

House GOP leader to meet with Capitol officer hurt on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) - A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevi...

Jun 24, 2021

New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani's law license

NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the presidential...

Jun 24, 2021