midday wire

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95. Borman died…
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By Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden’s family, taking their most aggressive step yet in an impeachment inquiry bitterly opposed by Democrats that is…
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By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing an end to months of labor strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic…
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By Mark Sherman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a Trump era-ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, violates federal…
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By Ben Finley | Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge…
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By Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial barred attorneys in the case Friday from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former…
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By Fatima Hussein, Patrick Whittle and Colleen Long | Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stood for a moment of silence and placed a bouquet of white flowers at a makeshift memorial outside…
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By Jeanne Bonner and Jay Croft | CNN For the victims of the mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, it was an ordinary night out. Some were participating in a cornhole tournament while others were enjoying a meal. Then a shooter…
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By Travis Loller | Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The estranged son of Nashville’s police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two police officers, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading police on a chase in…
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