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'Bomb cyclone' kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest US
ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwestern U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall...
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on the panel's long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said. Rep. Susan...
Lawmakers are concerned about background checks of Trump's Cabinet picks as red flags surface
WASHINGTON (AP) — As senators prepare to consider President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet, they may be doing so without a well-established staple of the confirmation process: an FBI background check. The Trump transition team has so far not signed the requisite...
Susan Smith is denied parole 30 years after drowning 2 sons by rolling car into South Carolina lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing her two young sons 30 years ago by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats....
US charges billionaire Gautam Adani with defrauding investors, hiding plan to bribe Indian officials
NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in his home country by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Gautam Adani,...
The US is sending antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine. Here's what it means
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians. And it reflects another in a long line of American policy shifts on the controversial...
Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to...
Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials demanded Wednesday the freedom to strike Lebanon's Hezbollah as part of any cease-fire deal, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement. The development came as an airstrike hit the...
Liam Payne's One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer's funeral
LONDON (AP) — The former members of One Direction reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in...
Donald Trump's latest branded venture is guitars that cost up to $10,000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed a line of guitars, following up on the Bibles, sneakers, watches, photo books and cryptocurrency ventures launched during his third White House campaign. Trump on Wednesday posted to Truth Social a photo of himself...
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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as Target tumbles
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Wednesday, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface. Target lost more than a fifth of its value after the retailer gave a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. The S&P 500...
The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say
NEW YORK (AP) — Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought. Astronomers know that the universe is being pushed apart at an accelerating rate and they have puzzled for decades over what could...
Trump-nominated judge says blanket pardons for Capitol rioters would be 'beyond frustrating'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who was nominated by Donald Trump says it would be “beyond frustrating and disappointing” if the president-elect hands out mass pardons to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election, a rare instance of judicial commentary on a politically...
Safer buildings vs more housing: How new building codes may impact Hawaii
A month after wildfires ravaged Maui in August 2023, Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation to postpone the adoption of any new building codes that might exacerbate a housing shortage that had just gotten worse. The governor’s office is now moving to fast-track adoption...
Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to...
Judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito's parents filed against Moab, Utah police
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito's parents filed against the city of Moab alleging police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. Plaintiffs'...
2 Florida parents arrested after school resource deputy is punched in face
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — Two central Florida parents were charged criminally after a mother pushed a middle school resource officer and the father punched her in the face, authorities said Wednesday. The parents in Deltona, Florida, were charged Tuesday with battery on a law...
FEMA head sounds the alarm over disaster funding after double hurricanes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The money available to help communities hit by disasters has shrunk after back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton, and the funding problems might jeopardize the government's ability to respond to new emergencies in the future, the Federal Emergency Management Agency chief said...
Tennessee man involved in Capitol riot is convicted of planning to kill investigators
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot was convicted Wednesday of planning to kill federal investigators. Edward Kelley, 35, was found guilty in Knoxville of conspiracy to murder federal employees,...
Canada's provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico
TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada's most populous province said Wednesday that all of the country's provincial and territorial governments want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico. ...
