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Cut to pre-K program leaves WA school officials frustrated
An early learning program designed to prepare children in Washington for kindergarten will soon shrink by nearly 2…
FBI subpoenas info on readers of news story on slain agents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI issued a subpoena demanding U.S. newspaper giant Gannett provide agents with information to track down readers of a USA Today story about a suspect in a child pornography case who fatally …
Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on…
Democrat says Trump counsel recounted 'troubling events'
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Friday that a nearly eight-hour interview with former President Donald Trump's top White House lawyer “shed new light on several troubling ev…
G-7 back steps to deter tax dodging by multinational firms
LONDON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate co…
Elise Stefanik, No. 3 House GOP member, announces pregnancy
SARATOGA, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, whose loyalty to former president Donald Trump won her a leadership post in the House Republican caucus, announced on
US senators promise vaccines for Taiwan amid China row
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden's move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said Sunday, after the self-…
Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98
BERLIN (AP) — David Dushman, the last surviving Soviet soldier involved in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, has died. He was 98.
'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one …
GOP aims to revive Fauci attacks after email trove released
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the pandemic, lionized by the left and villainized by the right.
Manchin's opposition clouds future of Dems' elections bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, leaving no plausible path forward for legislation that his party and the Whit…
States rebound from bleak forecasts to pass record budgets
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just a year ago, the financial future looked bleak for state governments as governors and lawmakers scrambled to cut spending amid the coronavirus recession that was projected to pummel r…
Harris targets corruption, immigration on Latin America trip
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — With Kamala Harris visiting Guatemala and Mexico on her first foreign trip as vice president, the Biden administration is expected to announce new measures to fight smuggling and trafficking, …
Mattie Parker is next Fort Worth mayor in win for GOP
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Mattie Parker declared victory Saturday as the next mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, keeping it one of America's biggest cities with a GOP mayor.
Turkey's leader vows to cure Marmara of 'sea snot' flare-ups
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president promised Saturday to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists.
'Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era
WASHINGTON (AP) —