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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday passed a Republican-led resolution reaffirming its support for Israel with strong bipartisan approval — an implicit rebuke of a leading Democrat who, over the weekend, called the country a “racist state” but lat

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week's drawing, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience stores, grocery and gas station counters hoping to hit it big.

HARVEY, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have identified the former shipyard worker who was killed in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies Monday, and the two ex-coworkers the man had gunned down hours before he was killed.

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A naval aviator killed during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was laid to rest more than 80 years later in his home state on Tuesday. Ensign Stanley W.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was sentenced Tuesday to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering.

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit the area of Damascus early Wednesday, Syrian state media reported. Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported that Syria's air defenses had shot down “most of" the missiles.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whether Missouri voters get a chance weigh in on legalizing abortion is now up to state Supreme Court judges, who on Tuesday heard arguments in a case about Republican infighting that has stalled the amendment's progress.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American soldier who had served nearly two months in a South Korean prison, fled across the heavily armed border into North Korea , U.S.

A man who served a prison term for joining torch-toting white nationalists in marching through the University of Virginia's campus in 2017 has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol and attacked police officers.