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Rescuers dig to reach more than 30 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India
By Biswajeet Banerjee, The Associated Press on November 12th, 2023
LUCKNOW, India (AP) – Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach more than 30 workers trapped by a landslide at the construction project in northern India. All of the construction workers are safe, police officer Prashant Kumar said, adding that they have been supplied with oxygen and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina says he is dropping out of the 2024 GOP presidential race
By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press on November 12th, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, about two months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. The South Carolina senator made the surprise announcement on “Sunday Night in America” with Trey Gowdy. The news was so abrupt that one campaign worker told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott announces he is dropping out of the 2024 race
By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press on November 12th, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, about two months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. The South Carolina senator made the surprise announcement on “Sunday Night in America” with Trey Gowdy. His campaign spokesperson Nathan Brand confirmed the news to The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netanyahu rejects growing calls for a cease-fire as Israel battles Hamas outside main Gaza hospital
By Wafaa Shurafa And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on November 11th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Saturday against growing international calls for a cease-fire, saying Israel’s battle to crush Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants will continue with “full force.” A cease-fire would be possible only if all 239 hostages held by militants in Gaza are released, Netanyahu said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netanyahu rejects growing calls for a cease-fire, says Israel’s battle against Hamas will continue
By Wafaa Shurafa And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on November 11th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Saturday against growing international calls for a cease-fire, saying Israel’s battle to crush Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants will continue with “full force.” A cease-fire would be possible only if all 239 hostages held by militants in Gaza are released, he said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI seized phones, iPad from New York Mayor Eric Adams in escalation of fundraising investigation
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – FBI agents seized phones and an iPad from New York City Mayor Eric Adams this week as part of an investigation into his campaign fundraising, his attorney confirmed Friday. The seizures happened after the mayor attended a public event Monday night, according to a statement from the mayor’s attorney, Boyd Johnson. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI seized phones, iPad from New York City Mayor Eric Adams
By The Associated Press on November 10th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – FBI agents seized phones and an iPad from New York City Mayor Eric Adams this week as part of an investigation into his campaign fundraising, his attorney confirmed Friday. The seizures happened after an event Monday night, according to a statement from the mayor’s attorney, Boyd Johnson. “On Monday night, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wisconsin snubs bourbon by elevating brandy old fashioned to state cocktail status
By Scott Bauer, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon. Now, state lawmakers are making it somewhat official. A bipartisan resolution declaring the brandy old fashioned as the official Wisconsin state cocktail won approval Thursday in the state Assembly. It’s a resolution, not a bill, so even if passed by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strikes at hospitals in Gaza trigger exodus of thousands sheltering there
By Wafaa Shurafa, Isabel Debre And Jack Jeffery, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of Palestinians sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war at Gaza City’s main hospital fled south Friday after several reported strikes in and around the compound overnight. They joined a growing exodus of people escaping intense urban fighting in the north — including near other hospitals — as Gaza officials ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declines to push back Trump’s classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines
By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she postponed other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date later. The ruling from U.S. District ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal judge declines to push back Trump’s classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines
By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on November 10th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge in Florida declined for now to postpone former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial but did push back several pre-trial deadlines in the case. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is at least a modest victory for special counsel Jack Smith’s team, which had vigorously rejected efforts ... Read More »
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