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Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck down by lower courts. The just...

Apr 22, 2024

First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges

LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country's first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a k...

Apr 22, 2024

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli military said Monday the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, which broke through Israel's ...

Apr 22, 2024

North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons...

Apr 22, 2024

Ecuadorians overwhelmingly approve referendum measures on toughening fight against gangs

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. An offi...

Apr 21, 2024

Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, has died

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America's longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 a...

Apr 21, 2024

Young brother and sister dead, 15 injured when vehicle crashes into birthday party, sheriff says

BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A young brother and sister died and 15 people were injured, several seriously, when vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a birthday party Saturday at...

Apr 20, 2024

After Congress finally does pass new funding, this is how the US can rush weapons to Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days once Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe tha...

Apr 20, 2024

David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, dies at age 89

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state's most beloved political figures and remained active in public service in the state lon...

Apr 20, 2024

The House is on the brink of approving aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is pushing swiftly through a series of votes in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Repub...

Apr 20, 2024