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A 3rd defendant has been added alongside Trump and valet in classified documents case

WASHINGTON (AP) - A third defendant has been charged alongside former President Donald Trump and his valet in the classified documents case in Florida, court records show. The charges against the indi...

Jul 27, 2023

Investigators say poor track conditions caused a 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company's inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and inj...

Jul 27, 2023

Justice Dept announces broad investigation of Memphis police practices after Tyre Nichols death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, seven months after the violent beating ...

Jul 27, 2023

Enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich unveiled at Pennsylvania community fair

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - An enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich billed as one of the world's largest has been unveiled at a central Pennsylvania fair. The 150-foot-long (45.7-meters-long) sandwich was create...

Jul 27, 2023

Trump lawyers meeting with prosecutors as potential new federal indictment looms, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting Thursday with members of special counsel Jack Smith's team as a potential indictment loomed over the former president's efforts to overturn the ...

Jul 27, 2023

Greek wildfires trigger blasts at ammunition dump. EU agency records a huge carbon emissions spike

RHODES, Greece (AP) - Wildfires caused explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition dump in central Greece that had been safely evacuated in advance, as strong gusts of wind caused flare-ups around ...

Jul 27, 2023

21 dead and 40 rescued after a wind-tossed boat overturns in the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - At least 21 people died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned Thursday when it was lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of Manil...

Jul 27, 2023

Putin says fighting in southeastern Ukraine has intensified, with heavy losses for Kyiv's forces

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region of southeastern Ukraine has "intensified significantly," Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. A Western official had said earlie...

Jul 27, 2023

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by t...

Jul 27, 2023

3 Marines found at North Carolina gas station died of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials say

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Three U.S. Marines found unresponsive in a car at a North Carolina gas station died of carbon monoxide poisoning, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday. Deputies from the Pend...

Jul 26, 2023