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Zelenskyy is expected to visit Capitol Hill as Congress is debating $21 billion in aid for Ukraine
By Stephen Groves And Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy’s trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion. The trip was confirmed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iowa teen found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and manslaughter in deaths of 2 students at school
By Scott Mcfetridge, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier this year. Preston Walls, 19, had been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths, but jurors found him guilty of lesser ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says
By Samy Magdy And Yousef Murad, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
DERNA, Libya (AP) – The death toll in Libya’s coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday Marie el-Drese, the aid group’s secretary-general, told The Associated Press by phone that a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says
By Samy Magdy And Yousef Murad, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
DERNA, Libya (AP) – The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya’s eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, Secratery General of aid group, told the Associated Press by phone that a further 10,100 are reported missing in the coastal city. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Republican-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire state’s nonpartisan top elections official
By Harm Venhuizen, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official ahead of a 2024 presidential election. Democrats say the vote was held improperly and that lawmakers don’t have the authority to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. The issue is expected to end in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil’s top court imposes 17-year sentence, in first case against rioters who stormed the capital
By Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lemur on the loose! Video shows police chasing critter that escaped in Missouri
By The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel. Bodycam video shows the two officers’ attempts to nab the speedy little primate, which made a dash for freedom Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri. “We see the tail,” one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences rioter who stormed capital in January to 17 years in prison
By The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling
By Scott Bauer, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions. The resumption of abortions Monday at clinics in Milwaukee and Madison comes as the lawsuit challenging the state law ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case
By Kate Brumback, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Lawyers Sidney Powell and ... Read More »
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