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Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy

Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January.
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate María Machado names substitute while she fights ban

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate María Machado names substitute while she fights ban

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado on Friday named a substitute to her presidential bid while she fights a government ban on her running for office.
MLB launches investigation into Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara following gambling reports

MLB launches investigation into Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara following gambling reports

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into illegal gambling and theft allegations involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
Man pleads guilty in fatal kidnapping of 2-year-old Michigan girl in 2023

Man pleads guilty in fatal kidnapping of 2-year-old Michigan girl in 2023

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl whose disappearance last summer led to a 100-mile (161-kilometer) search that stretched from the state capital to the Detroit area.
Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.
Police find Missouri student Riley Strain's body in Tennessee river; no foul play suspected

Police find Missouri student Riley Strain's body in Tennessee river; no foul play suspected

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing in Tennessee's capital for nearly two weeks, has been found dead in a river, police announced Friday. No foul play is suspected, investigators said.
Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run

Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run

Police on Thursday arrested two white supremacist gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital, and investigators are looking into whether they killed
No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says

No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won't run in Democratic primary

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won't run in Democratic primary

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen.
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber's case

Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber's case

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case to be returned to a lower court to probe claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand.