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Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow D...

Jan 09, 2024

With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he's immune from prosecution

WASHINGTON (AP) - With Donald Trump present for the first time in months, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecu...

Jan 09, 2024

Thierry Henry says he had depression during career and cried "almost every day" early in pandemic

PARIS (AP) - Thierry Henry, who won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship with France and is Arsenal's all-time highest scorer, has opened up about the fact he "must have been in depre...

Jan 09, 2024

France gets its youngest-ever prime minister, Gabriel Attal, as Macron shakes up government

PARIS (AP) - Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from th...

Jan 09, 2024

Taiwan’s defense ministry issues an air raid alert saying China has launched a satellite

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's defense ministry has issued an alert saying China has launched a satellite and urging caution. The alert Tuesday comes days before Taiwan has presidential and parliament...

Jan 09, 2024

Harbaugh delivers national title as Michigan whips Washington 34-13

HOUSTON (AP) - Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Jim Harbaugh and No. 1 Michigan - undeterred by suspensions and a sign-stealing case that shadowed the program - compl...

Jan 08, 2024

Explosion at Texas hotel injures 11 and scatters debris across downtown Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An explosion at a Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday littered downtown streets with large section of building and debris and injured 11, including one person who is in critic...

Jan 08, 2024

Rays shortstop Wander Franco released from Dominican jail amid ongoing investigation

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Wander Franco, a shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was released Monday from a jail in the Dominican Republic amid an ongoing investigation into allegations he ...

Jan 08, 2024

911 transcripts reveal chaotic scene as gunman killed 18 people in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Emergency calls pouring into dispatch centers as a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle reflected the chaos of the unfolding situation as shots rang out first at a bowling a...

Jan 08, 2024

Man caught on camera accosting a Las Vegas judge in court is sentenced in an unrelated attack

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The same judge accosted by a defendant in a Las Vegas courtroom last week sentenced her attacker Monday to up to four years in prison in an unrelated case. Deobra Delone Redden leapt ...

Jan 08, 2024