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HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say a small private jet was short on its approach to a rural airport’s runway when it struck trees and crashed into a hillside and burned, killing all five people aboard. The twin-engine jet left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was to land at Ingalls Field Airport in

By JILL COLVIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as former President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort. House leadership has scheduled a vote

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups have agreed to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways on both sides of the border for many years. The deal announced Monday would establish independent boards to study the pollution’s

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Politicians are closing in on the required number of votes needed to pass federal legislation that requires AM radios in every new car. The prevalence of AM broadcast radio has dipped in recent decades as more listeners turn to options such as satellite radio and podcasts

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president on Monday called on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine. President Andrzej Duda made

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to new obstruction of justice charges in a New York court. The new charges were in a rewritten indictment returned last week against the Democrat in Manhattan federal court. Menendez and his wife Nadine entered the

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In the new Peacock limited series “Apples Never Fall,” which debuts Thursday, Annette Bening plays a wife and mother who goes missing. Her adult children are suspicious of their father, portrayed by Sam Neill. His behavior since the disappearance has been questionable. In the family drama that ensues, long-kept secrets

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer The Oscars are over and the winners are now on the books, but you’re still behind on watching? No worries. Here’s a guide on where to watch Sunday’s triumphant, though nominees that missed out on a statuette are worthy, too. Think “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Rustin,” “Past

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman will serve as acting secretary when Marcia Fudge’s resignation takes effect March 22. The White House says President Joe Biden will nominate a permanent replacement for Fudge as secretary but has offered no timeline. Fudge is a former Ohio

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press The warden of a troubled federal women’s prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure as FBI agents on Monday hauled boxes of evidence from the facility in an apparent escalation of a yearslong investigation that put a former warden and other employees behind

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump have submitted petitions seeking to force a recall election targeting Wisconsin’s top elected Republican, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Vos angered them when he refused to impeach the official who oversees the battleground state’s elections. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission will

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are prepared to provide more than $2 billion in funding toward a publicly owned stadium in the city, signaling a shift in focus away from building a new home in the suburbs. Team president Kevin Warren says the new stadium would “bring a

U.S auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that automatic emergency braking can stop for no reason on two Honda models. It’s another in a string of probes by the agency into performance of automatic braking systems, technology that has been touted as having the ability to prevent many crashes and save lives. The investigation by

By The Associated Press Russia’s state news agency Tass says that a South Korean citizen arrested in Russia earlier this year on suspicion of spying is to remain in custody until mid-June. The report marked the first time a South Korean has been arrested for espionage in Russia. Tass said the man was detained “at

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In a survey published Monday, Pew also found that despite the positive associations with going phone-free, most teens have not

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a Michigan school shooter declined to take their son home hours before the attack, leaving instead with a list of mental health providers after being presented with his violent drawing and disturbing messages, a counselor testified Monday. A security camera image of James

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — George Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday with its president Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down in June. He will be replaced by a senior leader, Binaifer Nowrojee who will be the first woman from the global south to lead OSF. Soros, the billionaire investor,

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a sperm whale that became famous after beaching itself on a sandbar has died. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement that the whale died around 3 a.m. Monday. Police and wildlife officials began trying to free the whale from the shallow sandbar

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The brother of LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson was arrested and charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct by the Greenville Police Department for his role in a fight after his sister was shoved to the court by South Carolina forward Kamilla Cardoso during a

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party, who drew condemnation last month for saying the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists, has defected to the smaller right-wing Reform U.K. Party. Lee Anderson was suspended as a Conservative lawmaker in Parliament after he claimed that Islamists