Texas push to close shelters for migrant kids alarms groups
AUSTIN, Texas — A move by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to shutter more than 50 shelters housing about 4,000 migrant children could seriously disrupt...
Pelosi rules out having Biden create Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling House...
FAA safety official retires; was criticized over Boeing jet
The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that its top safety official will retire at the end of June. Ali Bahrami had come under sharp...
UN tribunal for Lebanon may fold due to funding crisis
BEIRUT — A U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Wednesday it is facing a severe funding...
Prosecutors drop case against man charged in Capitol riot
Federal prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a New York man who was accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol,...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announces run for another term
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she is running for reelection.
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Georgia sheriff accused of civil rights violations suspended
ATLANTA — Georgia's governor on Wednesday suspended a sheriff accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his custody by ordering them...
Arizona GOP election audit draws Republican politicians
PHOENIX — Three Pennsylvania lawmakers will be in Arizona Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s partisan audit of the 2020 election.
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Embattled Boston top cop urges mayor to let him keep his job
BOSTON — Boston's embattled police commissioner urged the city's mayor on Wednesday to let him keep his job, saying decades-old domestic violence allegations against...
Deputies shoot 14-year-old girl who pointed gun at them
DELTONA, Fla. — Deputies in central Florida shot a 14-year-old girl who they say shot at them multiple times using a pump-action shotgun.
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