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Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegal...

DATE: May 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Marijuana banking bill advances in the Senate

The U.S. Senate banking committee has advanced a bill to allow legal cannabis companies access to financial services. The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking bill, known as SAFER,...

DATE: Sep 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House Republicans push off Biden impeachment bid for now

Rep. Lauren Boebert forced a snap vote, which sent her resolution to committees for possible consideration

DATE: Jun 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

King Charles III crowned with regal pomp, cheers and shrugs

LONDON – King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevan...

DATE: May 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Funding made available to support recording oral histories from boarding school era

Victims and survivors have been sharing emotional stories during a ‘Road to Healing’ tour

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River

Biden administration charts two paths forward but declines to take sides

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 charges; admonished by judge

Former president arraigned in connection with hush money payments during his 2016 campaign

DATE: Apr 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work

Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice the faith con...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Religions know power of getting away from it all

Summer vacations are coming to an end – though not everyone took one. Under federal law, U.S. companies aren’t required to offer a single paid vacation day, compared with the at least 20 req...

DATE: Aug 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

From Mecca to the Vatican, exploring sacred sites with VR

Click and gape at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam’s most sacred site. Or ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hidden menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change

LENORAH, Texas – To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations...

DATE: Jul 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World