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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
China expands lockdowns, local political conference delayed
BEIJING (AP) — Lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing that is the scene of China’s most serious recent COVID-19 outbreak.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol 'insurrection'
US terror designation for Yemen rebels raises famine fears
CAIRO (AP) — The Trump administration’s out-the-door decision to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization sparked confusion in aid agencies and warnings from the United Nations and senior Re…
Divers sift debris, seabed mud for Indonesia plane devices
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy divers were searching through plane debris and seabed mud Tuesday looking for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the Java Sea over the weekend with …
US triples daily numbers allowed at Southwest hike The Wave
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor enthusiasts and landscape photographers hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore the colorful, contoured landscape of a hike called The Wave in the U.S. Southwest wi…
3 police officers killed in Puerto Rico after carjacking
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three police officers were killed and a fourth was injured Monday near Puerto Rico’s capital following a carjacking, authorities said.
After frosty few days, Pence, Trump appear to reach détente
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appear to have come to a détente after nearly a week of silence, anger and finger-pointing.
Over a dozen lawmakers joined crowds on day of Capitol riot
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A second Republican lawmaker from West Virginia who marched to the U.S. Capitol to support overturning Democrat Joe Biden's presidential win said in a radio interview Monday that he hopes P…
Belichick won't get Presidential Medal of Freedom after all
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick announced Monday night that he will not accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying “remaining true to the people, team and country I love outweigh the benefits of any…
NYPD official retiring amid investigation into hateful posts
NEW YORK (AP) — A high-ranking New York Police Department official accused of posting hateful messages online has opted to retire days after the department said it was suspending him without pay.
Running gun battle in Mexico leaves 9 gunmen, 1 police dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A series of running gunbattles in Mexico’s most violent state left nine suspected gunmen and one state police officer dead Monday, authorities said.
Virus deaths surging in California, now top 30,000
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The coronavirus death toll in California reached 30,000 on Monday, another staggering milestone as the nation's most populous state endures the worst surge of the nearly yearlong pandemic.
The Latest: Trump issues emergency declaration for inaugural
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Trump Homeland Security chief abruptly quits at tense time
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting head of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly resigned Monday, leaving the post ahead of schedule as the nation faces a heightened terrorism threat from extr…
Biden-Inauguration, ADVISORY
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Jan 20, and Kamala Harris will take the oath of office for vice president, at an inauguration ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.…