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By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press APTOS, Calif. (AP) — A frustrated President Joe Biden said Thursday there is “no there there” when he was persistently questioned about the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office. “We found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Kansas man who admitted he threatened to kill a congressman. Chase Neill represented himself at the trial and questioned U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner on the witness stand. Neill said he was a messenger from God, warning that the congressman would

TONOPAH, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and two cabinet secretaries celebrated the start of construction of a new high-capacity power transmission line between Arizona and California. They said Thursday the line should lead to future solar energy farms in the desert outside Phoenix. Harris says expanding the electrical grid will allow the nation

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would ban physicians from providing gender-affirming surgery to minors is advancing in West Virginia. State lawmakers in the House Health and Human Resources Committee greenlit the legislation Thursday, sending it to the Judiciary Committee. The only lawmakers who spoke at length on the

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81, several media outlets reported Thursday. The New York Times reported, based on a text

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hillary Clinton was running for president in 2016, she and her campaign called the FBI’s scrutiny of her private email server a “security review.” It was euphemistic terminology that glossed over what was really happening: an active criminal investigation. Last week, when the

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the child suffered from “an acute disability” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred. Also on Thursday,

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An appeals court in Oklahoma has ruled that the historic Kickapoo Reservation in central Oklahoma no longer exists. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued its decision Thursday in a case in which a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma was challenging his state conviction. Attorneys for Aaron Charles Buck

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Netflix’s subscriber growth is surging again. That’s providing an early sign that its shift to include ads in a cheaper version of its video streaming service is helping combat tougher competition and attract cost-conscious customers grappling with inflation. The company on Thursday disclosed a gain of 7.7 million subscribers

By BETH HARRIS and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require schools that play major college sports to pay some athletes as much as $25,000 annually. The bill also calls for schools to pay some post-college medical expenses for athletes and to

By GARY FIELDS and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The case of a defeated New Mexico candidate arrested in a politically motivated shooting spree has turned a spotlight on an issue that has been evolving in the states: whether people with criminal convictions are eligible to run for public office. While the case

By LEA SKENE BALTIMORE (AP) — As Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby prepares to face perjury and mortgage fraud charges, her entire defense team requested Thursday to withdraw from the case. The motion came after a series of rulings earlier this week created significant hurdles for them, including the possibility of criminal contempt charges

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. agents in southern Arizona say they seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to manufacture the dangerous drug fentanyl. Law enforcement experts say it’s a chilling sign that producers may be moving to manufacture the deadly synthetic opioid

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent CAPITOLA, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden walked along the splintered boardwalk of a California beach town Thursday and heard from business owners struggling to repair damage to their shops after storms caused devastation across the region and killed more than 20 people statewide. Biden toured a gutted

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man who says he was repeatedly sexually abused as a teen by his Catholic priest more than two decades ago is suing the now-defrocked priest and the Archdiocese of Denver. Scott Verti’s lawsuit, filed Thursday, takes advantage of a recently passed law that allows victims in

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization has had a rocky start, but Secretary of State Shemia Fagan said Thursday in releasing an audit of the program that it’s too early to call it a failure. Decriminalization of personal-use amounts of drugs, approved by voters in 2020 under Ballot

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Look who’s in line for coveted House committee assignments. The most far-right House Republicans and early opponents of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Even embattled new Rep. George Santos. Some are set to serve on the high-profile committee investigating President Joe Biden’s administration. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Correction has fired its top attorney and another employee following a scathing independent report on failures within the state’s lethal injection system. Documents obtained by the AP through a public records request show deputy commissioner and general counsel Debbie Inglis and inspector

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Black transgender woman who sued Georgia prison officials over alleged mistreatment while in custody said she decided not to proceed to trial because she feared the experience would be harmful to her. Ashley Diamond sued Georgia prison officials in November 2020, saying they had

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian company for a lithium mine in Nevada, federal land managers cited the developer for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered wildflower. The Bureau of Land Management said in the