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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have issued a subpoena to a senior federal prosecutor involved in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan is calling on the assistant U.S. attorney for Delaware, Lesley Wolf, to appear before the committee by Dec. 7 to respond to
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By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down a Maryland law requiring people to obtain a special license before purchasing a handgun. Judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said Tuesday that they considered the case in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision that found a Voting Rights Act violation in the state’s 2021 redistricting map for two Native American tribes. Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe announced his decision on Tuesday, a day after a federal appeals court dealt
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A large U.S. Navy plane remained in a Hawaii bay Tuesday, the day after it overshot a runway and landed in the water, raising concern about environmental damage and questions over how the military would remove the aircraft. All nine people aboard the P-8A were uninjured
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — After four days of testimony and two trips to the witness stand, former Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney broke down in tears on Tuesday, telling the court the toll of the numerous investigations and accusations of misconduct drove him to leave the company
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Mere moments after SpaceX’s Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — was lost in a test flight Saturday, a somewhat complicated narrative around the vehicle began to emerge. The company immediately described the flight as a huge step in the right direction. “What we did today
Continue ReadingDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters responding to an early morning fire in Florida found the body of a woman who had been fatally stabbed, and her three critically injured children. The youngest child was found in a nearby crib and died after being taken to a hospital on Tuesday. Two other children _ ages
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four out of five people in Mexico who got influenza shots so far this year turned down the government’s recommendation they get Russian or Cuban COVID-19 boosters at the same time. A health official said the high refusal rate was because people were reluctant to get two vaccines. But some people
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Officials say cybercriminals hacked into the Kansas court system, stole sensitive data and threatened to post it on the dark web in a ransomware attack that has hobbled access to records for more than five weeks. The disclosure Tuesday that a “sophisticated foreign cyberattack” is to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As soon as Leandro Francisco Diana woke up Tuesday, he reached for his phone like many Argentines on the first business day after the election victory of President-elect Javier Milei. “I opened my eyes, got my phone and looked for the price
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills known as the Reproductive Health Act. The package, which was signed on Tuesday, will repeal regulations aimed at abortion providers, known as TRAP laws, that critics had said were designed to close abortion providers. The package’s
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Striking teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning as they marched across it. KGW reported that the Portland Association of Teachers union and their supporters stopped in the middle of the Burnside Bridge for about 15 minutes. The union posted photos
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro says he’ll appeal a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to make Pennsylvania’s power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the Democrat on Tuesday urged lawmakers to get to work on a better alternative. In a statement, Shapiro
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Right-hander Osvaldo Bido agreed to a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics after he was let go by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bido gets a $750,000 salary while in the major leagues — $10,000 above the minimum — and a $200,000 salary while in the minors under the deal announced Monday. The
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana. On Tuesday, a Washington County judge sentenced 41-year-old Dawn Elaine Coleman of Shreveport, Louisiana, to 30
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago. Her play “Manahatta” juxtaposes the recent mortgage meltdown when thousands lost their homes
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities in rural Colorado have been looking for a man they believe shot and killed three people and critically wounded a fourth in a property dispute. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting followed a years-long dispute over the use of an
Continue ReadingBEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Police say a gunman opened fire inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself, the second shooting in 24 hours at a store operated by the retail giant. The attack happened Monday in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek. Police said Tuesday that 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones, of
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators say Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only entities earned $281 million in the third quarter of this year. That’s down 7.5% from the same period a year ago. While the nine casinos collectively surpassed the level of profitability they enjoyed in
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