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IOC confirms Russian athletes can compete at Paris Olympics with approved neutral status

GENEVA (AP) - Some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the IOC said Friday, in a decision that removed the option of a blanket ban due to the invasion of Ukraine. T...

Dec 08, 2023

Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president's son intensifies against the b...

Dec 07, 2023

Jon Rahm bolts for LIV Golf in a stunning blow to the PGA Tour

Masters champion Jon Rahm bolted for Saudi-funded LIV Golf on Wednesday for what's believed to be more money than the PGA Tour's entire prize fund, a stunning blow that deepens the divide in golf as t...

Dec 07, 2023

US Sen. Kevin Cramer's son charged with manslaughter in crash killed North Dakota sheriff's deputy

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota she...

Dec 07, 2023

No UNLV students killed in shooting; victims were faculty members, university says

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A gunman who killed three faculty members at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before dying in a shootout with police, did not appear to be targeting students, according to two law...

Dec 07, 2023

Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges ...

Dec 07, 2023

Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - The ceremony to honor the more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor got underway Thursday in Hawaii with a moment of silence at the exac...

Dec 07, 2023

House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building

WASHINGTON (AP) - House members voted again Thursday to punish one of their own, targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in Sept...

Dec 07, 2023

Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge on Thursday granted a pregnant woman permission to obtain an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state's ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overtur...

Dec 07, 2023

Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion; at least 3 dead in separate flooding

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) - The president of Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a huge blast at an explosives depot and flooding in other parts of the country's main island. Th...

Dec 07, 2023