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Updated 10 hours, 19 minutes ago

Army takes custody of Gorge shooting suspect

MOSES LAKE — The Army has taken custody of the soldier accused of killing two people and injuring several others d…

Updated 5 years, 1 month 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 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST

Dems' momentum builds to impeach Trump, Pelosi hits rioters

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Alabama AG seeks review of GOP group involvement in rally

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 5 years, 1 month 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 5 years, 1 month 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 5 years, 1 month ago
Dems' momentum builds to impeach Trump, Pelosi hits rioters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Momentum built among Democrats on Saturday for a fresh and fast push to impeach President Donald Trump, even as the House speaker accused his backers who violently invaded the Capitol of choosing …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

BOSTON (AP) — One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Pompeo voids restrictions on diplomatic contacts with Taiwan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Saturday that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how U.S. diplomats and others have contact with their counterparts in Taiwan, an…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
2 men in high-profile photos among latest charged in DC riot

Two men accused of joining a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters that

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Pelosi ties rioters' actions to 'whiteness'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 1 month 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 5 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: California sees record COVID-19 deaths

LOS ANGELES -- California health authorities on Saturday reported a record high of 695 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strained under unprecedented caseloads.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Israelis protest Netanyahu amid 3rd virus lockdown

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis on Saturday renewed weekly demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for the long-serving leader to resign over corruption charges against him and his …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Russia: 7 die in fire at nursing home in western Siberia

MOSCOW (AP) — A fire at a nursing home in Siberia killed seven people on Saturday, Russian authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Unusual snow kills 4, brings much of Spain to a standstill

MADRID (AP) — A persistent blizzard blanketed large parts of Spain with an unusual amount of snow on Saturday, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or at train stations and airports th…