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By MATTHEW BARAKAT Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A man who died in a house explosion six months ago outside the nation’s capital deliberately detonated gasoline canisters in his basement that caused the blast, authorities said Friday. Arlington County police in Virginia went to the home of 56-year-old James […]

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each other . The secretary-general annually makes a global list of […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. The case received widespread attention after someone tried to bribe a juror with a bag […]

NEW YORK (AP) — They are called zombies, companies so laden with debt that they are just stumbling by on the brink of survival, barely able to pay even the interest on their loans and often just a bad business hit away from dying off for good. An Associated Press analysis found their numbers have […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol insurrection a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with Native American tribes Thursday in a dispute with the federal government over the cost of health care when tribes run programs in their own communities. The 5-4 decision means the government will cover millions in overhead costs that two tribes […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — A child and two adults walking on a railroad bridge were killed when they were struck by a train in northern Virginia, police said. Fairfax County Police say their preliminary investigation shows that the three were walking on the elevated railroad tracks near Accotink […]

By MARCIA DUNN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. It was the fourth launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, standing nearly 400 feet (121 meters) tall. The three previous flight […]

WATCH the full ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day Watch live coverage of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, as World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada mark 80 years since the Allied landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. Macron tells Ukraine: ‘We are […]

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge appeared skeptical Tuesday to arguments made by an attorney for superstar golfer Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman, who is trying to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement that would require the ongoing legal disputes between the two be decided privately by an arbitrator. During a 45-minute hearing, Circuit Judge Elizabeth… […]