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Christie: GOP Needs Someone Who Can Quickly Take Down Trump
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Republicans need a candidate who can take out Donald Trump in a single, brutal swipe like the one Christie delivered to a...
Syndicated Author Mar 28, 2023

US to Adopt New Restrictions on Using Commercial Spyware
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an exe...
Syndicated Author Mar 28, 2023

Biden’s Pick to Lead FAA Withdraws Amid Shaky Senate Support
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden's choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Air...
Syndicated Author Mar 27, 2023

Ignoring Experts, China’s Sudden Zero-COVID Exit Cost Lives
BEIJING (AP) - When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn't ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burn...
Syndicated Author Mar 22, 2023

A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt is Headed Toward Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) - A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatn Peninsula in Mexic...
Syndicated Author Mar 22, 2023

Asian Shares Advance on Back of Wall Street Rally
BANGKOK (AP) - Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down by the industry's crisis.Oil prices fell back and U.S. futures were little changed.Investors ...
Syndicated Author Mar 22, 2023

Pentagon Video Shows Russian Jet Dumping Fuel on US Drone
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Biden administration released video Thursday of a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone as the U.S. sought to hold Russia responsib...
Syndicated Author Mar 17, 2023

Trump’s VP? Some in GOP Already Jockeying for Consideration
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Trips to Mar-a-Lago. Glowing speeches. Front-row seats at major events.The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is unsettled. Bu...
Syndicated Author Mar 16, 2023

Biden on Gun Control: ‘Do Something, Do Something Big’
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) - The grief is still suffocating, the anger still visceral, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in this suburban Los Angeles community where a gunman stormed a dance hall and ...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2023

US Says Russian Warplane Hits American Drone Over Black Sea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in a "brazen violation of international law," causing American forc...
Syndicated Author Mar 15, 2023
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