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Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time
NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed. The development nevertheless...
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump. The uneasy scene brought an ominous start...
New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate stays the Senate.” Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans...
Biden blocks $14 billion acquisition of US Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlier vow on the presidential campaign trail to prevent the acquisition of Steeltown USA’s most storied steel company. ...
Questions remain about soldier's motive in Cybertruck explosion outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel
Investigators know that a highly decorated Army soldier shot himself in the head inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks just before it exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day, but authorities say there are questions about why he chose that car and...
After deadly New Orleans attack, police ramp up security and somber crowd pays respects
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A somber crowd on New Orleans’ famously festive Bourbon Street left flowers and candles Friday at the scene of the New Year’s Day truck attack that killed 14 people while police stepped up their presence in the busy French Quarter ahead of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl. ...
New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans
While much remains unknown about the man who carried out an attack in New Orleans on New Year’s and another who died in an explosion in Las Vegas the same day, the violence highlights the increased role of people with military experience in ideologically driven attacks, especially those that seek...
A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US with snow, ice and biting cold
A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast. Starting Saturday, millions of people are going to be hit by...
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza as ceasefire talks set to resume in Qatar
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people in Gaza, including children, overnight and into Friday, hospital and emergency response workers said, as health workers and Israel's military traded claims over reported evacuation orders for two hospitals in the...
Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol's cancer risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy's advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human...
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The French Quarter's metal barriers were gone on New Year's, leaving a critical security gap
After an Islamic State sympathizer rammed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, horrified New Orleans leaders were eager to protect their city's famed French Quarter, where crowds of revelers pack the cobblestone streets, especially during big events like Mardi Gras. ...
Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time
NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed. The development nevertheless...
Ex-deputies in Virginia are charged with murder over inmate's death while restrained
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Three former sheriff's deputies in Virginia have been charged with second-degree murder over the death of an inmate they restrained at a local jail last year, prosecutors announced Friday. A special grand jury returned the indictments after meeting three...
Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia...
An Alabama man is sentenced to death for fatally shooting 2 as part of a 2020 killing chain
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who authorities say killed four people in the span of two days in 2020 has been sentenced to death for two of the killings, court records show. Tallapoosa County Circuit Court Judge William Whorton sentenced Derrick Hightower, 36, to death...
Soldier who died in Las Vegas truck explosion left note saying it was stunt to serve as wakeup for country's ills
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Soldier who died in Las Vegas truck explosion left note saying it was stunt to serve as wakeup for country's ills.
Pilot made a panicked attempt to land before a crash in Southern California that killed 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a small plane attempted to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff before crashing through the roof of a building in Southern California, according to air traffic control audio that includes panicked gasping and a female voice saying, “Oh my God,”...
Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol's cancer risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy's advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human...
Soldier who died in Last Vegas truck explosion left note saying it was stunt to serve as wakeup for country's ills
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Soldier who died in Last Vegas truck explosion left note saying it was stunt to serve as wakeup for country's ills.
Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend — who had served as an Army nurse — that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she says were key symptoms of traumatic brain...
