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Senate confirms chairman of joint chiefs as GOP senator still blocking hundreds of military nominees
By Mary Clare Jalonick And Tara Copp, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, putting him in place to succeed Gen. Mark Milley when he retires at the end of the month. Brown’s confirmation on a 83-11 vote, months after President Joe Biden nominated him for the post, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of man who died while being admitted to psychiatric hospital agrees to $8.5M settlement
By The Associated Press on September 20th, 2023
HENRICO, Va. (AP) – The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia pscyhiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state, county and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining the man. A judge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Azerbaijan claims full control over the Nagorno-Karabakh region as Armenian forces agree to disarm
By Avet Demourian, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2023
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Azerbaijan claimed full control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region Wednesday after local Armenian forces there agreed to lay down their weapons following the latest outbreak of fighting in the decades-long separatist conflict. Authorities in the ethnic Armenian region that has run its affairs without international recognition since fighting broke out in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years
By The Associated Press on September 20th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he’s delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take force in 2030. The move is among measures that water down green pledges the U.K. has made. Sunak says Britain remains committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, officials say
By Avet Demourian, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2023
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – A cease-fire agreement with Azerbaijan was reached on Wednesday to end two days of fighting in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region, local authorities and Azerbaijani officials said. The agreement was to go into effect at 1 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), and talks between Azerbaijani officials and the breakaway region’s ethnic Armenian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, reports say
By Avet Demourian, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2023
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Armenian news reports say that a cease-fire agreement with Azerbaijan has been reached on Wednesday to end the two days of fighting in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. The reports say the agreement was announced by the authorities of the separatist region of Azerbaijan and would take effect at 1 p.m. local ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrats retain narrow control of Pennsylvania House after special election
By Brooke Schultz, The Associated Press on September 19th, 2023
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Democrats will retain their one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after voters in Pittsburgh on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell. Powell’s victory gives Democrats a 102-101 majority in the House. Republicans have a 28-22 majority in the Senate, creating a divided Legislature that has kept Democrats from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Acting Temple University president JoAnne A. Epps dies after falling ill on stage
By Ron Todt, The Associated Press on September 19th, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died Tuesday shortly after becoming ill on stage during a memorial service, officials said, describing her loss as a gut punch and struggling through emotion as they recalled her nearly four decades of service. Epps was attending a memorial service at the university for Charles ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections
By Jeffrey Collins, The Associated Press on September 19th, 2023
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years, officials announced Tuesday. South Carolina used to be one of most prolific states in the nation when it came to putting inmates to death. But it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Nigel strengthens, gaining Category 2 status far from land out in the Atlantic
By The Associated Press on September 19th, 2023
MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Nigel powered up to Category 2 storm status on Tuesday afternoon and could intensify further before it starts weakening in coming days far out over the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Nigel’s top sustained winds rose to 100 mph (160 kph) by late Tuesday, up from 90 mph ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina says it has secured drug to resume lethal injections
By Jeffrey Collins, The Associated Press on September 19th, 2023
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years, officials announced Tuesday. The pause on executions wasn’t official. The state’s supply of the three drugs it used to kill inmates expired and drug companies refused ... Read More »
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