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Third-party movement No Labels says it will field a 2024 presidential ticket

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The third-party presidential movement No Labels decided Friday to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election after months of weighing the launch of a so-called "unity ...

Mar 8, 2024

Trump attorneys post bond to support $83.3 million award to writer in defamation case

NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation t...

Mar 8, 2024

Military's Ospreys are cleared to return to flight, 3 months after latest fatal crash in Japan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Osprey, a workhorse aircraft vital to U.S. military missions, has been approved to return to flight after an "unprecedented" part failure led to the deaths of eight service membe...

Mar 8, 2024

A top EU official says a ship is leaving for Gaza as test of new humanitarian corridor

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - A ship will head to Gaza on Friday carrying humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the territory, whic...

Mar 8, 2024

Biden orders US military to set up temporary aid port for Gaza as famine threatens

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military Thursday to set up a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, joining international partners in trying to carve out a sea route to deliver ...

Mar 7, 2024

Biden using State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term

WASHINGTON (AP) - Urging voters to reject "resentment, revenge and retribution," President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address Thursday to make his case for a second term to a dispirited ele...

Mar 7, 2024

Democrat Min to face Republican Baugh in California's competitive 47th Congressional District

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Democratic state Sen. Dave Min has advanced to the November general election in California's competitive 47th Congressional District. He'll face Republican Scott Baugh, a for...

Mar 7, 2024

Hong Kong proposes life terms for treason and insurrection in new national security bill

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong unveiled a new national security bill Friday that proposes up to life imprisonment for offenses like treason and insurrection, a move deepening worries over further erosion ...

Mar 7, 2024

United Airlines plane makes a safe emergency landing in LA after losing a tire during takeoff

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco. Fire engines stood by at Los Angel...

Mar 7, 2024

Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria's northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the Wes...

Mar 7, 2024