By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered…
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House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late …
Reports: Prosecutors have tape of Trump discussing holding onto classified doc after leaving office
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon …
Amazon charged with privacy violations over Alexa and Ring cameras
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon will pay more than $30 million to settle alleged privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. The Federal Trade Commission voted to fil…
Corporate Amazon workers protest company’s climate impact and return-to-office mandate in walkout
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Telling executives to “strive harder,” hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate…
NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it’s…
Debt limit deal heads to vote in full House while McCarthy scrambles for GOP approval
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on …
Donald Trump’s legal team and Manhattan prosecutors spar over where he will stand trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ten months before Donald Trump is scheduled to stand trial in his historic New York City criminal case, Manhattan prosecutors are turning the forme…
Ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro to go on trial in September in Jan. 6 contempt case
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro will stand trial in September on contempt of Congress chargesfiled after he refused to cooperat…
Florida police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach on Memorial Day
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police launched a search Tuesday for three suspects they believe to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded Florida beachside promenade o…