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December 08, 2021

Scott Peterson resentenced to life term in wife's 2002 death

Nearly 17 years after being sentenced to die, Scott Peterson was resentenced to life without parole Wednesday during an ...

December 08, 2021

Lawyers deny spy suspect discussed fleeing to evade arrest

Lawyers for a Maryland woman charged along with her husband in a scheme to sell Navy submarine secrets to a foreign ...

December 08, 2021

Biden has new brand for infrastructure deal he's promoting

Move over, BIF and BBB. Now there's BBA. President Joe Biden, trying to rebound from sagging poll numbers, is rebranding his ...

December 08, 2021

Women seek diverse paths to leadership in Islamic spaces

Shortly after Kholoud al-Faqeeh was appointed judge in an Islamic religious court in the Palestinian territories, a woman ...

December 08, 2021

Tense nuclear talks with Iran to resume Thursday in Vienna

The European diplomat chairing the seventh round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in Vienna ...

December 08, 2021

Court suggests religious schools OK to get Maine tuition aid

The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that religious schools can't be excluded from a Maine program that offers ...

December 08, 2021

Flood insurance costs rise in areas once deemed lower risk

In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent water ...

December 08, 2021

Afghans wait and worry at US bases after frantic evacuation

The former interpreter for the U.S. Army counts himself among the lucky as an Afghan who managed to make it through frantic ...

December 08, 2021

Congressional leaders reach deal to hike debt limit

Congressional leaders reached an elaborate deal Tuesday that will allow Democrats to lift the nation’s debt limit without any ...

December 08, 2021

Seattle socialist politician faces tight race in recall push

Preliminary results Tuesday showed Seattle voters narrowly in favor of recalling socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, ...

December 08, 2021

China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit

China accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit on Tuesday after the Biden administration announced a ...

December 08, 2021

Airbnb's nonprofit makes resettling refugees a core mission

Mousa and Rasha Alkhafaji were already anxious when they emigrated from Iraq to the United States in 2017. Even though Mousa ...

December 08, 2021

Oakland backtracks, votes to add police as crimes surge

The Oakland City Council, a longtime leader in the Black Lives Matter movement to cut police funding, reversed course Tuesday ...

December 08, 2021

Senate rejects bipartisan bid to stop $650M Saudi arms sale

The Senate on Tuesday rejected a bid from a bipartisan group of lawmakers to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from ...

December 08, 2021

Hawaii recoups from big storm amid lingering flood threats

A slow-moving storm that knocked out power, swamped dozens of homes and sent creeks and streams surging had mostly passed ...

December 08, 2021

Biden to withdraw embattled banking regulator nominee

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Saule Omarova’s nomination to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would ...

December 07, 2021

EXPLAINER: What's behind Russia-Ukraine tensions?

Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to ...

December 07, 2021

Bidens honor Pearl Harbor's fallen in visit to WWII Memorial

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ...

December 07, 2021

Shadow of Floyd, Chauvin case hangs over Kim Potter's trial

It’s former Officer Kim Potter who’s on trial for the killing of Daunte Wright, but the trial in the same courtroom earlier ...

December 07, 2021

New York City poised to give voting rights to noncitizens

New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is on the cusp of becoming the largest places in the country to give noncitizens ...

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