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Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Republican senator ends blockade of nominees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthlong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.

Dec 5, 2023 2:04 PM Read more >

An explosion leveled a home in Arlington, Virginia, as officers tried to serve a search warrant

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home.

Dec 5, 2023 2:19 AM Read more >

More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23

BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the number of confirmed and presumed dead to 23.

Dec 4, 2023 11:21 PM Read more >

Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, but Palestinians are running out of places to go

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the town in the face of a widening ground offensive that is pushing Palestinians in

Dec 4, 2023 9:01 PM Read more >

Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades

MIAMI (AP) — A former career American diplomat was charged with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S.

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Indonesia's Marapi volcano erupts for the second day as 12 climbers remain missing

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities halted Monday the search for 12 climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again, unleashing a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air, officials said.

Dec 4, 2023 8:25 AM Read more >

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ends 2024 Republican presidential bid days before the fourth debate

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov.

Dec 4, 2023 8:22 AM Read more >

Guinea-Bissau’s president dissolves the nation’s parliament after last week’s failed coup

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the West African nation’s parliament, according to a presidential decree issued on Monday that cited last week’s shootout which the government said was a failed c

Dec 4, 2023 5:07 AM Read more >

Divers have found wreckage, 5 remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, US Air Force says

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday.

Dec 4, 2023 4:04 AM Read more >

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive, vows to hit the south with 'no less strength' than the north

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's ground offensive expanded to every part of the Gaza Strip, its military said Sunday, as it ordered more evacuations and vowed to hit south Gaza with “no less strength” than the fight that has reduced large part

Dec 3, 2023 7:46 PM Read more >