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UN assembly votes overwhelmingly to back two-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and urge Israel to commit to a Palestinian stat...

Wall Street coasts to the finish of its best week in the last 5

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street coasted to the finish of its best week in the last five on Friday as U.S. stocks hung near their record levels. The S&P 500 barely budged and edged down by less t...

NATO flexes its muscles and bulks up defenses on its eastern flank to ward off Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO said Friday it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment to deter potential Russian aggressi...

The Latest: A 22-year-old Utah man is charged with murder in Charlie Kirk shooting

The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk was being held Friday at the Utah County jail. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm...

States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive CO...

Utah's governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find 'off-ramp' from political violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a week when Americans witnessed a public political assassination, oceans of angry words and a collective sense of horror and exhaustion, one man stepped up to a micropho...

As Israel carried out strikes far beyond its borders, violence surged in the occupied West Bank

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — As Israeli strikes in far-off Qatar and Yemen sparked regional tensions this week, violence surged in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. A shoo...

Colorado funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses withdraws guilty plea

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses withdrew his guilty plea Friday and will go to trial, after a judge rejected a plea agreemen...

Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Democrats’ health care demands

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer weathered backlash from Democrats earlier this year when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open. But he’s now willing ...

The Latest: Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Since sending the National Guard t...

Grief over Kirk's assassination echoes worldwide and testifies to his influence on the right

Dozens of angry European lawmakers banged their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk. Backers of the American conservative activist rallied at U....

Kavanaugh says no one has too much power in US system. Critics see Supreme Court bowing to Trump

WACO, Texas (AP) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the genius of the American system of government is that no one should have too much power, even as he and other conservatives on the Supreme C...