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Rep. Dean Phillips announces primary challenge to Biden. He says Democrats need to focus on future

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For months, Dean Phillips has been calling for a Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden . He's drawn no public interest from governors, lawmakers, and other would-be alternatives.

Oct 27, 2023 9:03 AM Read more >

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women , and removed the statute of limitations that had previously prevented a church

Oct 27, 2023 8:23 AM Read more >

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women , and removed the statute of limitations that had previously prevented a church

Oct 27, 2023 8:23 AM Read more >

China's chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60

BEIJING (AP) — Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. He was 60.

Oct 27, 2023 4:28 AM Read more >

China's chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60

BEIJING (AP) — Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. He was 60.

Oct 27, 2023 4:28 AM Read more >

Fearful Maine residents stay home amid massive search for suspect in killing of 18 people

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night Thursday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people

Oct 26, 2023 8:58 PM Read more >

Fearful Maine residents stay home amid massive search for suspect in killing of 18 people

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night Thursday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people

Oct 26, 2023 8:58 PM Read more >

US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S.

Oct 26, 2023 8:56 PM Read more >

US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S.

Oct 26, 2023 8:56 PM Read more >

Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale incursion

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said Thursday, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting anti-tank weapons in order to “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasio

Oct 26, 2023 7:27 PM Read more >