Maryland State Sen. Sarah Elfreth wins Maryland Democratic congressional primary
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Sen. Sarah Elfreth has defeated former U.S. Capitol police officer Harry Dunn in a crowded congressional Democratic primary. Elfreth prevailed in a primary with 22 candidates to replace outgoing Rep. John Sarbanes, who announced in October he would not seek a 10th term. The heavily ...
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US Rep. Carol Miller defeats Jan. 6 rioter Derrick Evans for GOP nomination in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Congresswoman Carol Miller has held off a challenge from convicted Jan. 6 riot participant Derrick Evans to win the Republican primary for her U.S. House seat in West Virginia. Miller defeated Evans in the 1st Congressional District and will try to capture her fourth term in November. Miller fo...
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Biden administration is moving ahead on $1 billion arms package for Israel, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday. It's the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer - consisting of 3,...
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Brad Knott, backed by Trump, wins Republican runoff for North Carolina congressional district
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brad Knott has won the Republican primary runoff for the 13th Congressional District in North Carolina. Knott won the nomination over Kelly Daughtry on Tuesday. Daughtry had received the most votes among 14 candidates in the initial March 5 primary, but she didn't reach the threshold needed to avoi...
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Colorado Avalanche try to forge ahead after losing Valeri Nichushkin to six-month suspension
DENVER (AP) - The nameplate above the locker for Valeri Nichushkin has already been removed at the Colorado Avalanche's practice facility. It could be just for now - or possibly for good. For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs with Nichushkin, one of their top pla...
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Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, pleads not guilty as a formality
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea deal he's negotiated with federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging sports betting case. Prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani to p...
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American sought after 'So I raped you' Facebook message detained in France on 2021 warrant
LYON, France (AP) - An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, "So I raped you," has been detained in France after a three-year search. A prosecutor in Metz, France, confirmed Tuesday that Ian Thomas Cleary, 31, of Sara...
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German court convicts prominent far-right politician for using a Nazi slogan, imposes a fine
HALLE, Germany (AP) - A court on Tuesday convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Björn Höcke's trial comes months before a regional election in the eastern state of Thuringia in whic...
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Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to delay his June trial on gun charges
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Hunter Biden's federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president's son to delay the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden's request to push the trial until September, which the defense said was necess...
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The Latest | Court upholds gag order against Trump in hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe returned to the witness stand and could face a bruising round of questioning from the former president's lawyers as soon as Tuesday. Michael Cohen 's testimony this week has linked Trump to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stor...
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