WASHINGTON — House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Meeting behind closed...
Stockton, SLO Police Officers Killed in Separate Gun Battles
Police officers in Stockton and San Luis Obispo were shot and killed, and a third was wounded within 24 hours in two separate incidents, authorities said Tuesday. A Stockton Police Department officer was fatally shot Tuesday morning, police said in a Twitter post. A male suspect was also shot and...
Arizona GOP Passes Election Bill Opposed by Business Leaders
PHOENIX — Arizona Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to make it easier to purge thousands of people from a list of voters who automatically get a ballot each election, ignoring protests from Democrats and prominent business leaders who said the measure would suppress the votes of people of color. The party-line...
Israel, Hamas Trade Deadly Fire as Confrontation Escalates
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday as Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza while militants barraged Israel with hundreds of rockets. The exchange killed a number of militants and civilians in Gaza and at least...
US Restores Transgender Health Protections Denied by Trump
WASHINGTON — The federal government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration declared Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that narrowed rights at the intersection of changing social mores and sensitive medical decisions. It marked the latest step by President Joe Biden to...
Colorado Police Seek Motive in Party Shooting That Killed 7
COLORADO SPRINGS — A shooting at a birthday party inside a trailer park home in Colorado Springs that killed six people before the gunman took his own life stunned a state weary of gun violence just weeks after another Colorado mass shooting killed 10 people. Police on Monday were investigating...
1.4B but No More? China’s Population Growth Closer to Zero
BEIJING — China’s weak population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce. The population rose by 72 million people over the past 10 years to 1.411 billion in 2020, the National...
Migrant Children Held in Mass Shelters With Little Oversight
The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. Confidential data obtained by the AP shows the number of...
Poll: Most in US Who Remain Unvaccinated Need Convincing
Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than just a few months ago, but questions about side effects and how the shots were tested still hold some back, according to a new poll that highlights the challenges at a pivotal moment in the U.S. vaccination campaign. Just 11%...
28 Killed in Gaza, 2 in Israel as Jerusalem Strife Grows.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday. Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza, killing a number of militants and civilians, while militants barraged southern Israel with hundreds of rockets, killing two Israelis. Non-Stop Barrage of Rockets...