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Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike
By The Associated Press on January 20th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Iran said Saturday it had conducted a satellite launch, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The announcement, on state television, said the launch was part of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ space program. The United States has previously said Iran’s satellite launches defy a U.N. Security Council resolution ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Syrian media say an Israeli airstrike on Damascus destroyed a building
By Alberte Aji, The Associated Press on January 20th, 2024
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital, Damascus, destroyed a building Saturday, state media outlets reported without giving a word on casualties. State-TV reported that the “Israeli aggression” targeted a residential building in the western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh. The neighborhood is home to several diplomatic missions, including the Lebanese and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran launches satellite as part of Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike
By The Associated Press on January 20th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Iran said Saturday it had conducted a satellite launch, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The announcement, on state television, said the launch was part of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ space program. The United States has previously said Iran’s satellite launches defy a U.N. Security Council resolution ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting, multiple media report
By Acacia Coronado And Jake Bleiberg, The Associated Press on January 19th, 2024
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting that killed 21 people, multiple media reported Friday. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell told the San Antonio Express-News that a grand jury has convened to review evidence related to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ousted Florida Republican chair cleared of rape allegation, but police seek video voyeurism charge
By Terry Spencer, The Associated Press on January 19th, 2024
Police cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance. The Sarasota Police Department said in a statement that a review of a cellphone video Christian Ziegler made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden agrees to private deposition with Republicans after months of defiance
By Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president’s son, who had insisted on testifying publicly. The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that the two parties have agreed for Hunter Biden to sit for a deposition on Feb. 28. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March
By Mary Clare Jalonick And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative members of the Republican conference. Shortly before the vote, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with House Republican after months of defiance, committee says
By Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president’s son, who had insisted on testifying publicly. The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that the two parties have come to an agreement for Hunter Biden to sit for a deposition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded through early March
By Mary Clare Jalonick And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative members of the Republican conference. Shortly before the vote, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The police response to the Uvalde shooting was riddled with failures, a new DOJ report says
By Eric Tucker, Acacia Coronado, Lindsay Whitehurst And Jake Bleiberg, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday that identifies “cascading failures” in law enforcement’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netanyahu says he has told US he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario
By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any postwar scenario, underscoring the deep divisions between the close allies three months into Israel’s assault on Gaza. The U.S. has called on Israel to ... Read More »
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