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New Jersey man accused of spraying officers with chemical irritant in Capitol riot makes 1st court appearance
A New Jersey man accused of spraying police officers with a chemical irritant in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol made an initial federal court appearance Monday and was ordered held without bail until trial. The FBI released photos at the U.S. District Court hearing in Trenton, saying they...
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement. The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to...
Michigan man pleads guilty to making violent threats against Jews
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A 19-year-old Michigan man pleaded guilty Monday to using social media to make violent threats against Jewish people last summer. Seann Pietila, who has been in custody since June, was accused of using Instagram to spread neo-Nazi ideology, discuss plans to kill people and compliment mass...
Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron makes shock return to U.K. government as foreign secretary
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron made an unexpected return to high office on Monday, becoming foreign secretary in a major shakeup of the Conservative government that also saw the firing of divisive Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Cameron, who led the U.K. government between 2010 and 2016 and...
U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on U.S. troops
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, hitting a training location and a weapons facility, according to the Pentagon and U.S. officials. It marks the third time in a bit more than two weeks that the U.S. has retaliated against the...
Bird flu reports increasing in U.S.; flocks culled in effort to reduce spread
Avian flu has reappeared in U.S. flocks for the first time since April. In an online report updated Wednesday by the USDA, 15 states in the past 30 days have reported at least one confirmed infected flock. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a flock of more than 47,300...
Biden sees hopeful signs for his reelection in Democrats’ 2023 wins. Others in his party are worried
WASHINGTON — Surrounded by dozens of Democratic donors at a glass art gallery space in Chicago last week, President Joe Biden urged them to look beyond negative poll numbers and feel assured their donations were not being wasted. Then Biden joked to the crowd: “I could still screw up.” The...
Donald Trump Jr. lauds dad’s real estate exploits as ex-president’s civil fraud trial begins defense
NEW YORK — Donald Trump Jr. returned to court Monday as something of a character witness for his father’s real estate empire, waxing exuberantly about the former president’s “incredible vision” and portfolio of “great, iconic projects” at the New York civil fraud trial now threatening his company’s future. The namesake...
Biden’s initial confidence on Israel gives way to the complexities and casualties of a brutal war
WASHINGTON — In the early days and hours after the horrific Hamas attack on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden spoke with stark declarations and unqualified support for the longtime U.S. ally. Now, a month on, that unambiguous backing has given way to the complexities and haunting casualties...
Battles force Palestinians out of hospitals in Gaza, leaving patients, babies and medics stranded
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Battles around hospitals have forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last shelters in northern Gaza while stranding critically wounded patients, including newborns, and their caregivers with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said Monday. The Israeli military has urged Palestinians...
Joe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he’s reelected
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a simple reelection pitch to voters — let him “finish the job.” So what does that mean? What’s left for him to get done? Unlike Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination who has been releasing videos and statements detailing...
Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital rejected Israel’s claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
House Republicans look to pass two-step package to avoid partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2. The approach is unusual for a stopgap spending bill. Usually, lawmakers extend funding...
Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings
NEW YORK — A mass deportation operation. A new Muslim ban. Tariffs on all imported goods and “freedom cities” built on federal land. Much of the 2024 presidential campaign has been dominated by the myriad investigations into former President Donald Trump and the subsequent charges against him. But with less...
NYC Jewish sites hit with bomb threats, fake grenade as Gaza war sparks surge in antisemitism
NEW YORK — Reported bombs at separate Jewish sites caused alarm on Saturday and prompted an New York Police Department response as antisemitic incidents sparked by the war in Gaza continue to rise, police said. First, police were called to Holocaust Memorial Park on West End Avenue in Sheepshead Bay,...
Texas police officer, suspect killed in a shooting; 2 others found dead
A Texas police officer was killed early Saturday in a shooting that left the shooter dead, a second officer wounded, authorities said. Two other people were later found dead inside a home in Austin, according to interim Police Chief Robin Henderson. An emotional Henderson, who paused often during a news...
Constitutional challenge to Georgia voting machines set for trial early next year
ATLANTA — The question of whether Georgia’s electronic voting system has major cybersecurity flaws that amount to a violation of voters’ constitutional rights to cast their votes and have those votes accurately counted is set to be decided at trial early next year. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg issued a...
Biden and Xi set to meet next week at the APEC summit — no detail too small to sweat
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday, there will be no such thing as a small detail. How they greet? If they eat? Where they sit? Will there be flowers? Bottled water or in a glass? “Pretty intense,” senior administration officials say of navigating...
Missile strike targets Kyiv as Russian train carriages derail due to ‘unauthorized interference’
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country, local officials said Saturday, while drones that Russian officials blamed on the Ukrainian military targeted areas around Moscow and the region of Smolensk. A ballistic missile was shot down as it...
In rare move, Pope forcibly removes leading U.S. conservative, Texas bishop
ROME — Pope Francis on Saturday forcibly removed from office the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and some of his priorities. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the...
U.K. police step up efforts to ensure a massive pro-Palestinian march in London remains peaceful
LONDON — London police have stepped up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead. More than 2,000 officers, some called in from surrounding forces, will be...
Gaza’s main hospital goes dark as Israel battles Hamas outside, causing patients to die; Netanyahu rejects cease-fire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that the military will continue its battle against Hamas in Gaza with “full force,” in a rejection of growing international calls for a cease-fire. Netanyahu said in a televised address that a cease-fire would only be possible if...
4 men wounded in shootout over allegedly stolen car on Interstate 59 in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A confrontation over an allegedly stolen car in Birmingham, Alabama, ended Friday in a shootout on a busy interstate that wounded four people, including two who had life-threatening injuries, police said. The shooting took place shortly after 4:30 p.m. on southbound Interstate 59 near the 20th Street...
4 injured, 1 critically, in shooting at mall in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Independence police are investigating a shooting Friday afternoon at the Independence Center mall. Police initially said three people had been shot, but later updated that to four shot. One person is in critical condition. A police spokesperson said the shooting occurred in a public area inside...
Lindell’s troubled MyPillow goes with in-house counsel to defend federal Smartmatic case
MINNEAPOLIS — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has turned to in-house corporate counsel to defend him and his company against Smartmatic’s defamation claim in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, according to a court filing Friday. Doug Wardlow, who ran twice for state attorney general, filed formal notice that he and fellow...
