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Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran and returning home

ROME (AP) - An Italian journalist detained in Iran since Dec. 19 and whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States was freed Wednesday and is heading home,...

Jan 08, 2025

California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation ord...

Jan 07, 2025

California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation ord...

Jan 07, 2025

Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would spare ...

Jan 07, 2025

Virginia Democrats retain their control of the Statehouse in special elections

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Democrats preserved their Statehouse majority on Tuesday after voters in the northern and central part of the state backed two Democrats to fill a vacancy in the state Se...

Jan 07, 2025

Los Angeles residents flee fire as potentially 'life-threatening, destructive' winds gain strength

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a potentially "life-threatening, destructive" windstorm hit South...

Jan 07, 2025

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor. Acton, 58, a physician and pu...

Jan 07, 2025

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said T...

Jan 07, 2025

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said T...

Jan 07, 2025

Jimmy Carter is back in Washington, where he remained an outsider

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Car...

Jan 07, 2025