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US and allies accuse Russia of using North Korean missiles against Ukraine, violating UN sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Ukraine and six allies are accusing Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles and launchers in recent devastating aerial attacks against Ukraine, in violation of U.N. sanctions. Their joint statement issued Wednesday ahead of a Security Council meeting on Ukraine cited the

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DeSantis and Haley jockey for second without Trump and other takeaways from Iowa GOP debate

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press There were only two Republicans on the presidential debate stage Wednesday, as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met for the highest-stake faceoff yet just five days before the nominating process formally starts with Iowa’s caucuses. Haley and DeSantis’ spirited debate came in the shadow

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US plans to send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan to meet its new leader amid tensions with China

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will send an unofficial delegation comprised of former senior officials to Taiwan shortly after the self-governed island holds an election for a new president this weekend. The move carries the risk of upsetting Beijing in an already-fragile bilateral relationship. A senior administration

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NYC issues vacate orders to stabilize historic Jewish sites following discovery of 60-foot tunnel

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York building officials have issued emergency work orders to stabilize buildings around a historic Brooklyn synagogue where a secret tunnel was revealed earlier this week. The city’s investigation into the extent of damage at the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Jewish movement in Crown Heights

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South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill banning transgender medical care for minors is heading to the South Carolina House floor. Republicans are moving the ban in the first days of the 2024 legislation session. The proposal bars health professionals from performing gender transition surgery, prescribing puberty-blocking drugs or

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Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate flat income tax for individuals with a plan that would instead cut taxes by doing things like accelerating the phasing out of the state’s sales tax on groceries. Kelly said in her annual State of

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Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate flat income tax for individuals with a plan that would instead cut taxes by doing things like accelerating the phasing out of the state’s sales tax on groceries. Kelly said in her annual State of

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Panel of judges says a First Amendment challenge to Maryland’s digital ad tax should be considered

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court has directed a lower federal court to consider the merits of a challenge to Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax on First Amendment grounds. But in the decision released Wednesday the panel of judges agreed with the lower court’s decision to dismiss three

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No Labels hits signature threshold to become political party in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s elections administrator says No Labels, a political group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party presidential ticket, has reached the required signature threshold to become a political party in Maryland. Jared DeMarinis said Wednesday that the state has verified the more than 10,000 signatures of registered voters in Maryland that

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