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For months, the United States has restricted Iraq’s access to its own dollars, trying to stamp out what Iraqi officials describe as rampant money laundering th…
by The Associated Press February 2, 2023A former “Dances With Wolves” actor who faces at least five felonies for allegedly sexually abusing Indigenous girls is scheduled to face a judge for the first…
by The Associated Press February 2, 2023A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration.
February 2, 2023The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, the eighth increas…
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS February 2, 2023President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met face-to-face Wednesday for more than an hour of highly anticipated spending talks -- "a good first mee…
by LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press February 2, 2023After heavy criticism from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the College Board released Wednesday an official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement …
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports February 2, 2023House Republicans on Wednesday began their promised aggressive oversight of the Biden administration, focusing on what watchdogs described as "indications of w…
by KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press February 2, 2023A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase was executed on Wednesday.
by JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK The Associated Press February 2, 2023Tyre Nichols' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with anger over the brutal beating he endured at the h…
by AARON MORRISON and ADRIAN SAINZ The Associated Press February 2, 2023The FBI searched President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president's attorney s…
by ERIC TUCKER, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER The Associated Press February 2, 2023Monkeys found, returned to Dallas zoo
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports February 2, 2023Beyonce is taking her "Renaissance" global -- the superstar will begin a world tour in Sweden in May with stops throughout Europe and the United States -- incl…
by The Associated Press February 2, 2023Mark Rozzi, a rank-and-file member of the Pennsylvania House who unexpectedly became speaker as a compromise candidate, said he hopes to keep the post even as …
February 2, 2023Members of the U.S. Senate continue their review of the country's agricultural policies as part of a lengthy effort to prepare a new farm bill.
by Alex Thomas February 2, 2023The U.S. spends up to three times as much on health care per person as other high-income countries, yet residents are often less likely to visit doctors, accor…
by Michelle Fay Cortez Bloomberg February 2, 2023