The Associated Press
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President Joe Biden had first nominated the Pakistani-born businessman to the position in March 2021, and he renominated him this year in the new Congress.
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It happened in Surfside Beach, a small city on the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of downtown Houston.
Updated: 18 minutes ago
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Joran Van der Sloot has been serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of a Peruvian woman.
Updated: 24 minutes ago
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More than 400 blazes burning across Canada have left 20,000 people displaced. The U.S. has sent more than 600 firefighters and equipment to Canada. Other countries are also helping.
Florida woman who fatally shot neighbor appears in court, sheriff releases details of racist threats
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One of Ajike Owens’ children called 911 to say his mother had been shot, according to the timeline.
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The Biden administration announced initiatives designed to protect LGBTQ+ communities from attack, help young people with mental health issues and homelessness, and counter book bans.
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Aides have been reaching out to Trump allies in Congress to be prepared to offer defenses of the former president, according to another person familiar with the matter.
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DeSantis has acknowledged that Florida paid to transport migrants from Republican-led Texas to Sacramento on charter flights last Friday and on Monday.
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The U.S. is the biggest single donor to Ethiopia, providing $1.8 billion in humanitarian assistance, including food aid, in the 2022 fiscal year.
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Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network.
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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling.
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|By The Associated Press and TERRY SPENCER
Broward Deputy Scot Peterson is charged with failing to confront shooter Nikolas Cruz before the gunman reached the 1200 building’s third floor, where six of the victims died.
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|By The Associated Press and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
The helplessness of the young victims and the savagery of the attack sickened France.
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Biden and Sunak have already had four face-to-face meetings since Sunak became prime minister in October, but the talks in Washington will offer the two leaders a chance for their most sustained interaction to date.
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It’s the second straight day the continuing fires north of the border have impacted sports in the Northeast U.S.
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Authorities confirmed Thursday that human remains found in a remote area of southern Minnesota are those of a woman who went missing in March and whose ex-boyfriend is jailed on suspicion of killing her.
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If a judge does not grant the suggested reduction in the award, then he should permit a new trial on damages, the lawyers said.
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Doctors say Wednesday’s operation was successful and there were no complications or other pathologies discovered.
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An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California — roughly two dozen killer whales — were spotted by a whale watching tour off the coast of San Francisco last month, likely gathered together to celebrate a successful hunt for sea lions or seals.
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A New Hampshire father charged in the murder of his missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery was convicted of unrelated gun charges Thursday.
Updated: 9 hours ago
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On the final day of evidence, attorney David Sherborne grilled former Daily Mirror royal correspondent Jane Kerr.
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A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer
The Nuggets reclaimed the lead in the series by beating the Miami Heat 109-94 in Game 3.
Lionel Messi picks MLS’s Inter Miami in a move that stuns soccer after exit from Paris Saint-Germain
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer
Lionel Messi has pulled off his latest stunning feat: He is headed to Major League Soccer, and joining Inter Miami.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
Mike Pence has opened his presidential bid with an unusually forceful denunciation of former President Donald Trump over Jan. 6, Trump's temperament and abortion.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Rep. James Comer said in a statement that the committee is removing a contempt resolution against Wray from Thursday’s schedule after receiving an accommodation that would give the full committee access to the document.
Justice Dept. moves closer toward possible indictment of Trump in classified documents investigation
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
Taylor Budowich, who had served as a spokesman for Trump after his presidency and now runs a pro-Trump super PAC, was to testify before a grand jury that is separate from a panel that has been meeting in Washington for months to consider charges against Trump over the retention of hundreds of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
Updated: 21 hours ago
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Air quality with what the U.S. rates as hazardous levels of pollution extended into central New York. Massive tongues of unhealthy air extended as far as Virginia and Indiana, affecting millions of people.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Student loan payments were paused at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they will resume in August for anyone whose debt is not wiped out by Biden’s plan.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
Jay Johnston was arrested in Los Angeles on charges including civil disorder, a felony.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer
Shakur, one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop, died in 1996 from gunshot wounds at the age of 25.
Updated: 24 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press
The case has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.
Updated: 24 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MIKE FITZPATRICK
The National Weather Service issued an air quality alert for New York City, saying: “the New York State Department of Health recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects.”
Updated: 24 hours ago
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a Juneteenth concert in a “celebration of community, culture and music,” the White House announced.
Updated: 24 hours ago
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One of the victims received his diploma moments before he was shot.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 2:45 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
Licht replaced Jeff Zucker as CNN’s chief executive last year
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 2:20 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Derek Chauvin’s attorney asked the state’s highest court last month to hear the case after the Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected his arguments that he had been denied a fair trial.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 1:37 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and SAM METZ Associated Press
The Bible removal is the highest-profile effort to remove a book from a school in Utah since the Legislature passed a law requiring school districts to create new pathways for residents to challenge “sensitive materials” and used a statute-based definition on pornography to define them.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 1:23 PM AKDT
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Peter G. Moloney, 58, of Bayport, New York, faces numerous charges, including civil disorder and assaulting police officers, according to court documents.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 1:02 PM AKDT
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Justice Clarence Thomas, along with Justice Samuel Alito, sought an extension for up to 90 days to file their financial disclosures.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 12:36 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
Pope Francis is expected to remain at the hospital for several days.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 12:27 PM AKDT
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A man convicted last month in the shooting death of a father who was camping with his daughters at a Southern California park was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 12:15 PM AKDT
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Scot Peterson is charged with seven counts of felony child neglect for four students who were killed and three who were wounded on the third floor of a classroom building.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 12:00 PM AKDT
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Known to few outside North Dakota, Burgum faces an immense challenge in a field dominated by Trump and the better-known governor in the race, Ron DeSantis of Florida.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 11:42 AM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press
Transgender minors and some adults in Missouri will soon be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed Wednesday by the state’s Republican governor.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 11:12 AM AKDT
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The lawsuit is not the first, and likely not the last, to be filed in the days since the building’s May 28 demise, which left three people dead, many injured and dozens displaced.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 11:11 AM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and ADRIAN SAINZ
He won the WWF championship in 1983 by defeating Bob Backlund, before losing it later to Hulk Hogan.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 11:02 AM AKDT
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The charges stem from four attacks that happened in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood from August 2007 through December 2008 — a time that authorities say Nilo lived in the city.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 9:11 AM AKDT
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He released more than a dozen solo piano albums, along with soundtracks for the TV miniseries “This Is America, Charlie Brown” and “The Velveteen Rabbit.”
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 9:04 AM AKDT
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A day after the City Council rejected protesters’ pleas to refuse to fund the police and firefighter training facility, the activists returned to City Hall to file a referendum petition, hoping to take the fight to the ballot box.