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Third week of testimony in Trump's hush money trial draws to a close, with Michael Cohen yet to come
NEW YORK (AP) — The third week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial draws to a close Friday after jurors heard the dramatic, if not downright seamy, account of porn actor Stormy Daniels, while prosecutors gear up for their most crucial witness: Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney....
Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 110,000 civilians fleeing
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and driven more than 110,000 people to flee north, U.N. officials said Friday. With...
A West Bank village feels helpless after Israeli settlers attack with fire and bullets
DUMA, West Bank (AP) — Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians' vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers. The trail of wreckage along Duma's main road is the aftermath of a three-hour...
One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They're both running for Congress
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permanent. On the other side of the metal barricades that day, Police Officer Harry...
Airman shot by deputy doted on little sister and aimed to buy mom a house, family says
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just two days before a sheriff's deputy in Florida shot him dead, U.S. Air Force airman Roger Fortson called home to find out what his 10-year-old sister wanted for her birthday. It was a typical gesture for the 23-year-old from Atlanta, who doted on...
'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed...
Storms slam parts of Florida, Mississippi and elsewhere as cleanup from earlier tornadoes continues
ATLANTA (AP) — Powerful storms with damaging high winds threatened several states in the Southeast early Friday, as residents elsewhere in the U.S. cleared debris from deadly severe weather that produced twisters in Michigan, Tennessee and other states. Storms rolled into...
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian Creole: “We don’t care if...
Inside a makeshift shelter saving hundreds of dogs from floods in southern Brazil
CANOAS, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state. They treat and feed sick, hungry or injured dogs, hoping to...
Bob Ross' legacy lives on in new 'The Joy of Painting' series
A new generation can learn how to paint happy trees and to make happy accidents with a TV series teaching the Bob Ross -method of painting using some of the prolific artist's work that have never been seen before. Before Ross died in 1995 from cancer, he had completed seven paintings...
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Rope team rappels down into a rock quarry to rescue a mutt named Rippy
NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. After passersby and even a drone failed to locate the lost dog, rescue workers drawn to his barks rappelled down the pit's walls and lifted him out three days after he...
The Latest | Witness testimony resumes as Trump's hush money trial enters 15th day
NEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money case resumed on Friday, it will cap a feverish week that saw porn actor Stormy Daniels take the stand, two failed attempts by the defense to have a mistrial declared, gag order sanctions and more. Daniels' sometimes...
75-year-old 'mastermind' of a 2005 armed robbery that killed a UK police officer sentenced to life
LONDON (AP) — A 75-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Friday for the murder of a British police officer who was shot dead during an armed robbery in northern England nearly two decades ago. Piran Ditta Khan was convicted in April, as he had...
Biden White House highlights a coming showdown with GOP over 2017 tax cuts that are due to expire
WASHINGTON (AP) — The winner of November's presidential election will face an epic challenge next year with the coming expiration of nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts — an issue that the Biden White House is highlighting in the runup to November. Lael Brainard, director of the...
Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — On college campuses across the country, a rallying cry of pro-Palestinian protesters has been “ Disclose, divest! We will not stop, we will not rest.” Now some are winning the first of those two demands: Promises to provide information about how much...
Police prevent environmental activists from storming Tesla factory in Germany
German police said Friday they had prevented hundreds of demonstrators from storming Tesla’s factory near Berlin during protests against the pioneering electric carmaker over its environmental footprint. Crowds of demonstrators gathered near the Grunheide factory, Tesla’s only...
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body...
Search crews uncover bodies of 2 skiers buried by Utah avalanche, ready to bring them off mountain
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews on Friday uncovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier and were preparing to bring them off the mountain via helicopter, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera...
Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 110,000 civilians fleeing
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and driven more than 110,000 people to flee north, U.N. officials said Friday. With...
UN assembly votes by a wide margin to give Palestine new rights and urges Security Council to revive its membership bid
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN assembly votes by a wide margin to give Palestine new rights and urges Security Council to revive its membership bid.