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An intruder broke into the Washington state Capitol and smashed a glass door, set fire to a rug and flag, knocked over busts of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. before he was taken into custody by state troopers OLYMPIA, Wash. — OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — An intruder broke into the Washington state Capitol … Read more

UNITED NATIONS — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Twenty-five years after a landmark U.N. resolution demanded equal participation for women in all efforts to promote peace, the United Nations chief said Tuesday that far too often women remain absent. At the same time, sexual violence against women and girls is on the rise and 676 million … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Eleven pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were arrested at Stanford University last year after they occupied the president’s office building pleaded not guilty Monday for the second time after they were indicted by a grand jury on felony vandalism charges. The group of current and former Stanford students … Read more

LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former member of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ senior staff was sentenced Monday to a year of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat to City Hall while attending a virtual meeting in 2024. During his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court, Brian K. Williams admitted … Read more

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records of more than a half dozen Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to information released Monday by GOP senators. The records enabled investigators to see basic information … Read more

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest bid to deploy the military on U.S. soil over local opposition is triggering a new conflict with blue state governors that is playing out in the courts as Trump envisages a country where armed soldiers patrol U.S. streets. Trump has already pushed traditional boundaries by using … Read more

Crews used large nets, water-filled containers and box trucks to relocate hundreds of river otters, sea turtles, manatees, penguins and sharks to their new home: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. Over the past couple of months, the marine animals were removed from the hard-to-reach island and relocated to a brand new center, where Mote believes … Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon is marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the United States, highlighting the deep connections between the two countries with a visit to the heart of Norwegian America. The Upper Midwest has some of the largest concentrations of Scandinavian Americans in the … Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 28-29-32-66-67, Powerball: 3, Power Play: 2 (twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-two, sixty-six, sixty-seven, Powerball: three, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: $208 million For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Source link

GENEVA — GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider “backlash” in some countries against migrants and refugees. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, used a speech to lament that drastic … Read more