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Updated 1 day, 9 hours ago

Newhouse to retire from Congress

WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
California reports record 695 virus deaths in a day

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California health authorities reported Saturday a record one-day total of 695 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Minneapolis officer reprimanded for speaking to press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who spoke to GQ magazine after the death of George Floyd — criticizing the department for having what she called a toxic culture — has been reprimanded for speaking t…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
State lawmaker charged with entering Capitol in riot resigns

A West Virginia state lawmaker resigned Saturday as he faces charges of entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself with rioters.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Control center fire shuts down half Mexico City subway lines

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fire in the control center of the Mexico City subway killed one woman Saturday and sent 32 others to the hospital, while knocking out service on half of the subway lines in the city of 9 millio…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Official: Roadside bomb kills 3 people in Afghan capital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan's capital Sunday, killing at least three people in a vehicle, the latest attack to take place even as government negotiators are in Qatar to resume …

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP News Digest 6:15 p.m.

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Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
More arrests in Capitol riot as more video reveals brutality

Police charged more Capitol rioters on Saturday, including a man who carried off the House speaker’s lectern, as more graphic details of the insurrection emerged, revealing the violence and brutality of the mob tha…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
VIRUS TODAY: California in dire need of more medical workers

Here’s what’s happening Saturday with the pandemic in the U.S.:

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Alabama AG asks review of his GOP group's rally involvement

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's attorney general is calling for an investigation into who may have authorized a branch of the Republican Attorneys General Association to promote the pro-Trump rally in Washington,…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Landslides in Indonesia leave at least 11 dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Two landslides triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia left at least 11 dead and 18 injured, officials said Sunday.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP PHOTOS: Ukraine's hospitals grapple with COVID-19 surge

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A medical college in western Ukraine has been transformed into a temporary hospital as the coronavirus inundates the Eastern European country.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Sunday, January 10, 2021

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Nightly curfew for pandemic takes effect across Quebec

QUEBEC CITY (AP) — A curfew meant to curb a surge in coronavirus infections took effect across Quebec on Saturday evening.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP PHOTOS: Ukraine's hospitals grapple with COVID-19 surge

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A medical college in western Ukraine has been transformed into a temporary hospital as the coronavirus inundates the Eastern European country.