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Hunter Biden to plead not guilty to firearms charges
Hunter Biden will plead not guilty to federal firearms charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal in a long-running federal investigation, his lawyers said Tuesday in court documents. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when…
Suspect in University of North Carolina shooting is not competent for trial, his attorneys say
Attorneys for a University of North Carolina graduate student say he is not competent to stand trial in the killing of his academic advisor. Defense attorneys for Tailei Qi told the judge Tuesday that they plan to file a motion challenging…
Pilot of downed F-35 stealth fighter jet parachuted into residential backyard, official says
The pilot of a $100 million stealth fighter jet parachuted safely into the backyard of a home in South Carolina after a malfunction forced him to eject from the aircraft, causing the plane to crash into a wooded area about 60 miles away. A…
Adnan Syed calls for investigation into prosecutorial misconduct on protracted legal case
Adnan Syed is talking about his protracted legal case, a year after he was released from prison after a judge vacated his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend. Syed emphasized his innocence again on Tuesday, as he faces yet another…
West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling
West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college…
After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections
South Carolina has announced it has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years. South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since…
Explosion in Union Pacific’s massive railyard in Nebraska appears accidental, investigators say
Investigators say a blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental. But it's not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal's office is working…
Census Bureau wants to test asking about sexual orientation and gender identity on biggest survey
The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country. The…
TikTok is launching new tool that will help creators label AI content on the app
TikTok said on Tuesday it will begin launching a new tool that will help creators label their AI-generated content. TikTok said in a news release that the tool will help creators easily comply with the company’s existing AI policy, which…
Hyundai rushing to open Georgia plant because of law rewarding domestic electric vehicle production
Hyundai is rushing to start electric vehicle and battery production at a $7.6 billion complex in coastal Georgia, spurred by federal electric vehicle incentives that reward domestic production. Hyundai's Jose Munoz made the remarks Tuesday…
Officer’s bail revoked in shooting death of driver after prosecutors lodge constitutional challenge
A Philadelphia police officer charged in the shooting death of a driver last month is back in custody following the revocation of his bail. Officer Mark Dial was taken into custody in the courtroom Tuesday after the ruling. He had…
Wisconsin redistricting fight focuses on the recusal of a key justice as impeachment threat lingers
Republicans who drew legislative electoral maps are making new arguments in calling for a key liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to recuse from a case about whether to keep the maps. This is despite the dismissal of complaints against…
Lawsuit filed over department store worker who died in store bathroom, body not found for days
The family of a department store worker whose body remained in a locked bathroom for days after she died is suing the company. Relatives of 63-year-old Bessie Durham say they couldn’t even hold an open casket funeral because her body was so…
Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible. The Republican speaker is working furiously to convince his colleagues to come together to pass a conservative bill to keep the federal government open. But it…
FTX attorneys accuse Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents of unjustly enriching themselves with company funds
Lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading are accusing Sam Bankman-Fried's parents of exploiting their influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by millions of dollars. A lawsuit against Allan…
White supremacist admits threatening jury and witnesses in Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s trial
A self-proclaimed white supremacist has pleaded guilty to charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The Justice Department says Hardy Carroll…
South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage award
Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. A special…
Wisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight
The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million. The move comes as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers…
Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers for holiday season. Target says it will add nearly 100,000
Amazon said on Tuesday that it will hire 250,000 full and part-time workers for the holiday season, a 67% jump compared to last year. The company wrote in a blog post that it will also raise the average pay for warehouse and transportation…
Book Review: ‘Astor’ is a primer on the rise and fall one of America’s richest families
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family’s legacy is everywhere.
In “Astor: The Rise and…
Michigan attorney general blames Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial acquittals on ‘right-leaning’ jurors
Michigan’s attorney general is suggesting conservative politics played a role in the acquittal of three men in the final trial related to a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Like Whitmer, Dana Nessel is a Democrat. She told a liberal…
Man accused in deaths of 22 elderly women in Texas killed in prison by his cellmate
Officials say a man accused of killing nearly two dozen elderly women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two has been killed by his cellmate in a Texas prison. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Hannah Haney…
Ray Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riot
Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot and is expected to plead guilty. Court papers filed Tuesday show Epps, a…
Disney pouring $60 billion into theme parks, cruises over the next 10 years
The Walt Disney Co. is planning to invest approximately $60 billion into its theme parks and cruise lines over the next decade, as the company looks to continue growing one of its more successful business segments. The company said in a…
House Republicans set first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for Sept. 28
House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings. The Sept. 28 hearing is expected to focus on “constitutional and legal questions” that…
Judge rejects defense effort to throw out an Oath Keeper associate’s Jan. 6 guilty verdict
A federal judge in Washington has upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The judge…
Sponsor an ocean? Tiny island nation of Niue has a novel plan to protect its slice of the Pacific
The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay. The plan is being launched by Niue’s Prime Minister Dalton Tagelagi on Tuesday in New…
Pennsylvania wants to make it easier to register to vote when drivers get or renew a license
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration says it's trying to make it easier for someone to register to vote when they are getting or renewing a driver’s license in the state. Starting Tuesday, prompts on the computer screens in…
Winfrey picks Nathan Hill’s novel ‘Wellness’ for book club
For her latest book club pick, Oprah Winfrey broke the news to author Nathan Hill in modern style. She arranged with his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, to pop up during a Zoom meeting and tell him that she had chosen his novel “Wellness.” It's…
A Moscow court declines to hear an appeal by jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Moscow court, seeking release from jail on espionage charges, but it declined to hear his appeal and returned the case to a lower court due to unspecified procedural violations.…
Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones and declare: ‘Freedom!’
The Americans released by Iran after being detained for years have arrived back home and declared, “Freedom!” The former prisoners posed for a group photograph with their families at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, early Tuesday. The brother of one…
Millennial Money: 5 options if you’re crushed by student loan and credit card debt
As federal student loan payments make a comeback in October 2023, managing them on top of credit card debt may become increasingly difficult. Student loan borrowers can make the most of the 12-month on-ramp period by coming up with a…
Network of ancient American Indian earthworks in Ohio named as UNESCO World Heritage sites
A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio noted for their good condition, distinct style and cultural significance has been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Preservationists’ push to…
Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube
Google is introducing its artificially intelligent chatbot named Bard to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks to ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and…
Instacart’s IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market
Instacart delivered in its stock market debut. The San Francisco-based company’s shares rose 12.3% Tuesday after they started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol “CART.” Instacart provides delivery and pickup from…
Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’
President Joe Biden has made his case before the U.N. General Assembly that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression. In an address in New York on Tuesday, Biden warned that no nation can be secure if “we…
Stock market today: Wall Street slips ahead of Fed decision on rates
Stocks slipped as Wall Street waits for the Federal Reserve’s latest decision on interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Tuesday. The Dow fell 106 points, and the Nasdaq composite was down 0.2%. Stocks have been see-sawing for weeks on…
Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against Republicans. That could be tricky for the president
Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against his Republican critics. Biden is arguing in a lawsuit against the IRS that although he is the son of the president of the United States, he shouldn’t be treated differently than any other…
Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case
The classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases the former president is facing. But that doesn’t make the path to conviction easy, particularly…
Most Americans view Israel as a partner, but fewer see it as sharing US values, AP-NORC poll shows
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that while Americans generally view Israel as a partner or ally, many question whether its far-right government shares American values. These results come as…
Control of the Pennsylvania House will again hinge on result of a special election
Voters are deciding which party will control Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives after a Pittsburgh lawmaker's resignation created a 101-101 partisan divide. If voters elect Lindsay Powell in Tuesday's special election in the heavily…
Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed results
Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political…
Rudy Giuliani sued by former lawyer, accused of failing to pay $1.36 million in legal bills
Rudy Giuliani’s former lawyer has sued him, alleging the ex-New York City mayor has paid only a fraction of nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he’s racked up from investigations into his efforts to keep Donald Trump in the White House.…
