WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the report by a Justice Department special counsel into Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents that raised questions about the president’s memory, calling it “politically motivated” and “gratuitous.” The report from Robert Hur, the former Maryland U.S. Attorney selected by Attorney General Merrick Garland to
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and ALEX BABENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s new military chief signaled Friday that he plans to take a tougher approach, saying his immediate goals are to improve the troop rotation at the front lines and harness the power of new technology, at a time when Kyiv’s forces are largely
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A female CIA trainee who claims she was sexually assaulted in a stairwell at CIA headquarters in 2022 and is now suing the agency alleging intimidation has been fired, her lawyer said on Thursday. In an email sent to House Intelligence Committee staff, who have been hearing testimony
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee filed a Federal Election Commisison complaint against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign on Friday, alleging illegal coordination with an outside group supporting his White House bid. In a letter to the FEC, the DNC wrote that the group backing Kennedy, American
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN, NAJIB JOBAIN, and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza city. The announcement came after heavy international criticism,
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The resignation of a Republican lawmaker in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has put the balance of power back to Democrats. Republican Rep. Joe Adams, of Pike County, resigned on Friday, leaving the state House at a 101-100 Democratic majority. A Democratic resignation last year had the House deadlocked at 101-101,
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that it oversaw the exhumation of the body of Pauline Pusser on Thursday at Adamsville Cemetery. She was
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House did not rule out the possibility of releasing the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, with the caveat that any classified information would have to be redacted. “I don’t
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL AND PHIL HOLM Associated Press Israel has identified the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the next target in its military offensive against Hamas. Rafah, which borders Egypt, is normally home to 280,000 people. But its population has swelled to over 1.5 million – roughly three-quarters of Gaza’s population — as Palestinians
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The governing body that oversees figure skating has defended its decision to award the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to the Russian squad. That decision comes despite the disqualification of team member Kamila Valieva for a highly publicized doping violation that caused a reshuffling of the medals.
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The former prime minister of Pakistan expected his party would claim an easy victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, sending him to the top job for a fourth time. Instead, Nawaz Sharif faces a difficult path to power. Independent candidates backed by his
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, accusing presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. of a “ballot access scheme.” It argues that constitutes illegal coordination with a super PAC supporting Kennedy’s independent bid for the White House. In a complaint filed Friday,
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More foods are being recalled in the wake of a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning, including snack foods that may be part of Super Bowl Sunday party menus. Seven-layer bean dip, chicken enchiladas, cilantro salad dressing and taco kits sold at stores like Costco, Trader Joe’s and Albertson’s
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More foods are being recalled in the wake of a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning, including snack foods that may be part of Super Bowl Sunday party menus. Seven-layer bean dip, chicken enchiladas, cilantro salad dressing and taco kits sold at stores like Costco, Trader Joe’s and Albertson’s
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Serbia’s president has accused Kosovo’s government at a heated U.N. meeting of banning the use of the Serbian currency in areas where minority Serbs live in Kosovo with the ultimate goal of making living conditions unbearable for them and expelling them. Kosovo’s prime minister retorted
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s part-time Legislature moves at a quick clip. And its lawmakers expect the same from members of the public who want to make their voices heard on any given bill. There’s broad agreement that some kind of time management for public comment is necessary in Virginia’s
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Friday showed a continued national drop in flu hospitalizations, but other indicators were up
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that jurors in the trial of two men charged with killing Young Dolph will come from outside of Memphis because of intense media coverage of the shooting in the rapper’s hometown. Judge Jennifer J. Mitchell has decided in favor of a change
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Villeneuve doesn’t feel like he came back to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two.” In his mind, he never left. The sequel, which opens in theaters on March 1, is the culmination of a six-year filmmaking journey, preceded by 40 years of dreaming about it.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Police say the suspect in a London chemical attack that left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and injured her two young daughters likely has vanished in the River Thames. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said Friday that closed-circuit television images showed Abdul Ezedi walking on a bridge over the river, but
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