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A video exhibit plays as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the C...
FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press

1/6 panel to hear from Raffensperger, others Trump pushed

The public hearing, the fourth by the panel this month, stems from its yearlong investigation into Trump's unprecedented attempt to remain in power, a sprawling scheme that the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee has likened to an "attempted coup."
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A fighter in a tank in Ukraine....
ANDREA ROSA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press

Men, morale, munitions: Russia’s Ukraine war faces long slog

Over the weekend, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned the war could last years and warned of "Ukraine fatigue" abroad.
4 years ago
In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, Vice President Mike Pence looks at...
The Associated Press

Panel sharpens focus on Trump’s ‘crazy’ Jan. 6 plan

Trump's closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts to halt congressional certification of his loss as “nuts,” “crazy” and even likely to incite riots if Pence followed through.
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Midvale stabbing...
The Associated Press

1 dead, 2 wounded in Alabama church shooting; suspect held

One person died Thursday, and two others were wounded in a Alabama church shooting.
4 years ago
An Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant is shown in Sturgis, Mich., on Sept. 23, 2010.  Severe w...
TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer

Production at bedeviled baby formula factory halted by storm

The ongoing formula shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. Federal officials have said the Abbott factory is the only source of many of those products, providing nutrition to about 5,000 U.S. babies, according to federal officials.
4 years ago
This Monday, June 13, 2022, photo provided by Krissie Maxwell shows smoke from a wildfire on the ou...
The Associated Press

Northern Arizona watches winds as Western wildfires blaze

Firefighters used cooler temperatures and winds Tuesday to get a better handle one Western wildfires.
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A fire engine is seen as the Sheep fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Pho...
The Associated Press

Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona, California

Western wildfires have forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from California to New Mexico.
4 years ago
By MARTHA BELLISLE

31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event

Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear.
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first publ...
The Associated Press

Some 20 million watch primetime hearing of House 1/6 panel

Roughly 20 million viewers watched Thursday's primetime hearing of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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People gather in a park outside of the U.S. Capitol to watch the Jan. 6 House committee investigati...
The Associated Press

Takeaways: Jan. 6 panel says Trump led ‘brazen’ conspiracy

The Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump should not be forgotten, House investigators say.
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Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., gives opening remarks as the House select committ...
The Associated Press

Capitol riot an ‘attempted coup,’ prime-time hearing told

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election opened Thursday’s prime-time hearing declaring the attack an “attempted coup” that put “two and half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk.” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said “the world is watching” the U.S. response to the panel’s yearlong investigation […]
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FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rap...
AP

Harvey Weinstein to be charged in UK over assault claims

Weinstein, the co-founder of the Miramax entertainment company and The Weinstein Company film studio, was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, having produced films such as "Pulp Fiction" and "The Crying Game."
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the US capitol is pictured, the spending bill was just passed by the House...
The Associated Press

Jan. 6 insurrection hearings: How to watch and what to know

How to watch the Jan. 6 insurrection hearings and what to know.
4 years ago
Two sports drink, one red one yellow...
DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer

No, you’re not imagining it — package sizes are shrinking

Some customers who have noticed the downsizing are sharing examples on social media. Others say shrinkflation is causing them to change their shopping habits.
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FILE - People fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta's Elk Slough near Courtland, Calif., T...
ADAM BEAM, Associated Press

California lawmakers mull buying out farmers to save water

Many areas have begun restricting water use for homeowners, largely by reducing outdoor use such as lawn irrigation. And farmers have had their allocation from the two major state-owned water systems reduced — in some cases down to zero.
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four day work week...
Anna Cooban, CNN Business

The world’s biggest four-day work week pilot begins

During the program, workers will receive 100% of their pay for working only 80% of their usual week.
4 years ago
British veterans Roy Maxwell and Mary Scott arrive in a British Taxi Charity for Military Veterans ...
SYLVIE CORBET and JEFF SCHAEFFER Associated Press

World War II veterans honored a day before D-Day anniversary

A series of commemorations are honoring the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and elsewhere who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
4 years ago
Russian military vehicles move on a highway in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forc...
The Associated Press

US and allies: Hold Russia accountable for Ukraine crimes

Russia will be held accountable for crimes committed by its forces in Ukraine, the United States and its allies vowed on Thursday.
4 years ago
Surya Kapu, 13, from South Jordan, Utah, competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesd...
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Pres

Utah speller reinstated into National Spelling Bee after appeal

Scripps said in a statement its judges met for roughly two hours before deciding late Wednesday night to reinstate Surya.
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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003, file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washi...
Mark Jones

John Hinckley Jr. to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is no longer a threat to himself or others.
4 years ago
Enlarged photographs have been made into memorials to the nineteen children and two teachers who di...
Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN

As Uvalde funerals continue, authorities’ timeline of the terror at Robb Elementary continues to shift

More changes in the authorities' timeline of terror in the Uvalde school shooting have emerged.
4 years ago
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, cent...
The Associated Press

Seoul: N Korea fires suspected ICBM and 2 other missiles

North Korea test-launched three missiles into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile.
4 years ago
This undated photo provided by the Greek Culture Ministry on Friday, May 20, 2022, shows a gold Myc...
Simone Seikaly

After decades of adventures, ancient gold ring back in Greece

The ring was stolen from an Aegean Sea island in World War II, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian scientist and ended up in a Swedish museum.
4 years ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, We...
ALAN FRAM

Congress OKs latest $40B to help Ukraine repulse Russians

All Democrats and most Republicans rallied behind the latest, and possibly not last, U.S. financial salvo against Russia's invasion.
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