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January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle charge over 737 Max

Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a Justice Department investigation and admit that employees misled regulators about the safety of its 737 Max aircraft, which suffered two deadly crashes shortly after entering airline service.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Asian shares climb on Wall Street rally, stimulus hopes

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday on hopes for additional economic stimulus after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Asia Today: Australia cuts traveler numbers to stop variant

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia is nearly halving the number of passengers allowed to arrive by plane in a bid to prevent the spread of a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in Britain.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Lawyer: New Kansas lawmaker reaches deal to end court order

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An incoming Kansas lawmaker who has faced a possible attempt to oust him once he took office has reached a legal agreement with a woman who accused him of harassment to end an anti-stalking court order against him, an attorney says.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Fed supported advance notice before changing bond purchases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials last month supported providing advance notice before the central bank makes changes to its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Mob at U.S. Capitol encouraged by online conspiracy theories

CHICAGO (AP) — Every video the Louisiana man posts on Twitter and Facebook starts with a big smile and a wish for his thousands of followers to have a blessed day.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Capitol siege raises security concerns for Biden inaugural

WASHINGTON (AP) — The

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit

WASHINGTON (AP) — A steady stream of Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol this week even as others wrestling with the stay-or-go question conclude that they owe it to the public to see things through to the end.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

More contagious variant of COVID-19 found in Connecticut

The first two known cases of a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Connecticut, the governor said Thursday.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

US Capitol Police says officer injured responding to riots dies

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Capitol Police says officer injured responding to riots dies.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Top federal prosecutor in Michigan seeks tips on Capitol mob

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A top federal prosecutor in Michigan on Thursday urged people to give tips to the FBI if they are aware of people who joined a violent mob that

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Iowa governor, aides appear in PR video for no-bid vendor

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's governor and four aides helped make a marketing video for a Utah company that was awarded no-bid contracts for work on the coronavirus pandemic, a move that has raised allegations of favoritism and improper use of public resources.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Australia moves up vaccination start to February

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is advancing the start of its coronavirus vaccination program to mid-February, with plans to inoculate 15% of the population by late March.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts

After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Suspect arrested in bomb threat to Michigan Capitol

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a bomb threat telephoned to the Michigan Capitol building, state police announced Thursday.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Law firm seeks support in call for President Trump's ouster

NEW YORK (AP) — A large Washington, D.C.-based law firm is asking other lawyers to join in a call for President Donald Trump's cabinet to oust him after rioting supporters of the president attacked and occupied the U.S. Capitol.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The day my 'second home,' the Capitol, was overtaken by mob

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from the Senate gallery.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Neil Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the conflict, died Thursday. He was 84.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Kim vows to improve ties with outside world at party meeting

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed the need to drastically improve his nation’s ties with the outside world as he addressed a major political conference for the third day.

January 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Text of Kentucky Gov. Beshear's State of Commonwealth speech

The prepared text of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth-Budget address, delivered Thursday evening to lawmakers.