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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Pacific island nation of Vanuatu

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Injured people were arriving at a hospital in Vanuatu as unconfirmed reports of casualties emerged after the South Pacific island nation was rocked by a powerful magnitu...

Dec 16, 2024

The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) - The head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed early Tuesday by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment...

Dec 16, 2024

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But t...

Dec 16, 2024

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But t...

Dec 16, 2024

Two charged in connection with Iran drone strike that killed 3 US troops in the Middle East

BOSTON (AP) - Two men, including a dual Iranian American citizen, have been arrested on charges that they exported sensitive technology to Iran that was used in a drone attack in Jordan that killed th...

Dec 16, 2024

French president declares mourning period after cyclone strikes Mayotte and will visit

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he will declare a national mourning period after a deadly cyclone slammed the Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, and said ...

Dec 16, 2024

5 dead, other injured in a shooting at a Wisconsin school

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Five people are dead and others injured after a shooting Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, the police chief says. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says the suspect shoote...

Dec 16, 2024

Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former FBI informant pleaded guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachm...

Dec 16, 2024

Trump says he will 'look at' pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that ihe would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams. Separately he called on the ...

Dec 16, 2024

Germany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February

BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early electio...

Dec 16, 2024