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|By The Associated Press and TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
The exchange is part of an ongoing cease-fire between the warring sides, and came as mediators met in Qatar to try to extend the cease-fire beyond Wednesday.
Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
Updated: 13 minutes ago
|By The Associated Press and JONATHAN MATTISE
Ardent Health Services said it cannot yet confirm the extent of any patient health or financial information that has been compromised.
Updated: 28 minutes ago
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Expelling Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, would require support from at least two-thirds of House members voting.
Updated: 28 minutes ago
|By The Associated Press and BILL BARROW
The former president, who is 10 months into home hospice care and hasn’t been seen in public since September, stayed Monday night at The Carter Center, CEO Paige Alexander said, steps from where the former first lady lay in repose.
Updated: 41 minutes ago
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Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, has died. He was 99.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
The Biden administration underscored to the Israelis that they must operate with far greater precision in southern Gaza than they did in the north, officials said.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Revolt announced Combs’ decision on social media Tuesday, and it's not clear when he will return to his media company.
In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER
A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in Washington asserts that Trump was not obligated to accept at face value the judgments of government officials who found no widespread fraud in the election.
Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly before Congress, setting up a potential high-stakes face-off
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Hunter Biden’s lawyer called the inquiry a “fishing expedition.”
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The woman is seeking unspecified monetary damages.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JENNIFER PELTZ
The loans are a focus of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit contending that Trump and his company deceived lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that baldly overstated his asset values and overall net worth.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Sytch, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011, pleaded no contest in August to driving under the influence, manslaughter and other charges.
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|By The Associated Press
They got trapped on Nov. 12, when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building in Uttarakhand state in India to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
The list of the accused contained many familiar names from past #MeToo scandals and a few new ones.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Gershkovich is the first American reporter to be charged with espionage in Russia since 1986.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
A Montana man intends to plead guilty to threatening to kill Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester under the terms of a deal filed Monday by federal prosecutors.
Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near the University of Vermont pleads not guilty
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and KATHY McCORMACK
He appeared in court Monday by video from jail, speaking only to confirm his identity.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
“Magic, Wonder and Joy” is the theme this year, the Bidens’ third in the White House.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and SARA CLINE
Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of the Grammy-nominated singer who was considered a musical powerhouse and an integral part of New Orleans’ music legacy.
Blinken will return to Israel and the West Bank to discuss further extensions of the Gaza cease-fire
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MATTHEW LEE
Blinken will travel to Israel and the West Bank after attending Ukraine-focused meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels and Skopje, where foreign ministers from NATO and the Organization for Peace and Security in Europe are gathering.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and TIA GOLDENBERG, JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY
The deal for two additional days of cease-fire, announced by Qatar, raised hopes for further extensions, which also allow more aid into Gaza.
Pope Francis getting antibiotics intravenously for lung problem, limiting appointments, Vatican says
Updated: 24 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Pope Francis himself on Sunday revealed that he was suffering from the inflammation problem, explaining why he didn’t keep his weekly window appointment to greet people in St. Peter’s Square.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 5:38 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and HALELUYA HADERO
Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping, expects consumers to spend between $12.0 billion and $12.4 billion on Monday, making it the biggest online shopping day of all time.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 5:27 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and DEE-ANN DURBIN
Airlines were eager to avoid the meltdowns that marred travel last December when severe winter storms knocked out thousands of flights and left millions of passengers stranded.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 5:25 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and JENNIFER PELTZ
Donald Trump’s company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executive testified Monday at the former president’s civil fraud trial.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 3:46 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
The comedian revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, wiping out planned shows for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 2:30 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and JOSH BOAK
The announcement comes after supply chain problems fueled higher inflation as the United States recovered from the pandemic.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 1:46 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Accounts that haven’t been used for a long time are more likely to be compromised.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 11:54 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
The billionaire met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who scolded him over content on the platform previously known as Twitter, and joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a tour of the Kfar Azza kibbutz.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 9:59 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
Delilah and her baby are in good condition as the calf is now able to stand upright and walk.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:39 AM CST
|By The Associated Press and LEANNE ITALIE
2023 marks Merriam-Webster’s 20th anniversary choosing a top word.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 12:16 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
The complaint also alleges the company knew, but never disclosed, it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only acted on a fraction of those accounts.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 10:17 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
In three years of dating one of the things the couple bonded over is their shared love of hunting.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 8:37 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
A landslide in southeast Alaska tore down a wooded mountainside, smashing into homes in a remote fishing village.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 6:30 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
Hamas for the first time says it will seek to extend the deal by looking to release a larger number of hostages.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 6:26 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Meta communications director Andy Stone was put on the wanted list in February 2022, but authorities made no related statements at the time and no news media reported on the matter until this week.
Bird flu still taking toll on industry as 1.35 million chickens are being killed on an Ohio egg farm
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 5:50 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
More than 1.3 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry.
Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here’s why that makes a deal so tough
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES
A small, bipartisan group in the Senate is taking the lead and working to find a narrow compromise that can overcome a likely filibuster by winning 60 votes.
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas, and hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 5:20 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG
Abigail Edan’s transfer is the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of the truce between Israel and Hamas.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 4:26 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
He skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a day after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 3:02 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
In their main habitat the population density of Mexican axolotls has plummeted 99.5% in under two decades, according to scientists behind the fundraiser.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 2:05 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
The horses have some powerful allies — including North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven — while advocates are pulling out all the stops to see that the animals stay.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula granted a preliminary injunction saying Montana’s wolf trapping season can only run from Jan. 1 through Feb. 15.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 1:57 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop an invasion of wild pigs from Canada.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 10:24 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Treysen Eaglestaff added six rebounds and five assists for the Fightin’ Hawks (4-1).
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 7:40 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press
The deal has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and given civilians their first respite after seven weeks of war.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 7:26 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, is expected to survive serious injury after being stabbed by another inmate at a federal prison in Arizona, the Minnesota attorney general’s office said Saturday while denouncing the attack.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 3:02 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
North Dakota (7-5) went three-and-out and the Hornets ran the clock out to hand the Hawks just their third loss in their last 28 home games.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 1:22 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Honda is recalling select 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles due to a missing piece in the front seat belt pretensioners, which could increase injury risks during a crash.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 9:32 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
Pope Francis went to the hospital Saturday for tests after he came down with the flu, but the results ruled out any respiratory problems, the Vatican said.