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Moscow comes under one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks but destroys them all
By The Associated Press on August 21st, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Moscow came under one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the capital. Russia downed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Ministry of Defense said. It said 11 were destroyed over the Moscow ... Read More »
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By The Associated Press on August 21st, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said. Details remained few about the attack, though it comes during the Houthis’ monthslong ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Moscow comes under largest Ukrainian drone attack yet but destroys them all, Russian authorities say
By The Associated Press on August 21st, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian authorities said Wednesday that Moscow came under the largest attack yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them. Russia destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said. It said 11 were destroyed over the Moscow region, 23 over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peltola, Begich, Dahlstrom advance to ranked choice November election in Alaska US House race
By Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, has advanced to November’s ranked choice general election for the state’s lone U.S. House seat, along with Republicans Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom. The three were the most prominent candidates in a field of 12 running for the seat in Alaska’s primary on Tuesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people
By The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday. The crash happened Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Another 23 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vance and Walz are still relatively unknown, but the governor is better liked, an AP-NORC poll finds
By Linley Sanders, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than the Minnesota governor. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Walz had a smoother ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion
By Sejal Govindarao And Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, clearing the way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wyoming incumbents Barrasso and Hageman win GOP primaries for US Senate and House
By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
Wyoming Republican primary voters opted Tuesday to stick with long-serving U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the first-term congresswoman who ousted Liz Cheney two years ago. Barrasso beat Reid Rasner, a financial adviser from the Casper area, and is now heavily favored to win the general election and a third full term ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wyoming incumbents Barrosso and Hageman win GOP primaries for US Senate and House
By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
Wyoming Republican primary voters opted Tuesday to stick with long-serving U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the first-term congresswoman who ousted Liz Cheney two years ago. Barrasso beat Reid Rasner, a financial adviser from the Casper area, and is now heavily favored to win the general election and a third full term ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Rep. Hageman secures Republican nomination in first bid for re-election to Wyoming’s House seat
By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman has won Wyoming’s Republican primary in her first bid for re-election to the House, defeating a little-known attorney who ran as a Democrat in the last election. Hageman beat Steven Helling in a race that was low-key compared with Hageman’s trouncing of three-term Republican Rep. Liz Cheney by a more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montana becomes 8th state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights
By Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press on August 20th, 2024
HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Voters will get to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution of Montana, which on Tuesday became the eighth state to put the issue before the electorate this fall. The Montana Secretary of State’s Office certified that the general election ballot will ... Read More »
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