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Alaska lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties eligible for office

Alaska lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties eligible for office

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska lawmaker with ties to the far-right Oath Keepers group is eligible to hold office, a state judge ruled Friday.
Jury selection for Proud Boys trial to resume next month

Jury selection for Proud Boys trial to resume next month

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection for the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants will resume in early January after a holiday break, according to court records.
Company: Regulators OK reopening of Kansas pipeline segment

Company: Regulators OK reopening of Kansas pipeline segment

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 bathtubs' worth of heavy crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek said Friday that it has permission from U.S.
Funding bill targets online sites amid retail theft concerns

Funding bill targets online sites amid retail theft concerns

Retailers are scoring one win in the governmentwide spending bill , which will force online marketplaces like Amazon and Facebook to verify high-volume sellers on their platforms amid heightened concerns about retail crime. Tucked in the $1.
Military bases had $260M in damages from Afghan evacuation

Military bases had $260M in damages from Afghan evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military bases that housed tens of thousands of Afghan refugees in the U.S.
Eastern Congo's M23 rebels retreat from occupied territory

Eastern Congo's M23 rebels retreat from occupied territory

KIBUMBA, Congo (AP) — Eastern Congo's M23 rebels retreated Friday from some of the territory it held, the group's first withdrawal since it began seizing swaths of land more than a year ago.
Tunisian Islamist party protests arrest of senior leader

Tunisian Islamist party protests arrest of senior leader

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Supporters of the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahda demonstrated on Friday in front of the Justice Ministry in the capital to denounce the arrest of one of its senior leaders, suspected of being involved in sending Tunisians to

Burkina Faso expels top UN official in West African country

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's government expelled the top U.N. official in the country on Friday, asking her to leave immediately, officials said.
Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

WASHINGTON (AP) — The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Washington, it hasn't unfolded much better.
Ukraine president back in Kyiv, Russia keeps up attacks

Ukraine president back in Kyiv, Russia keeps up attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to his nation’s capital Friday following his wartime visit to the United States , saying his forces are “working toward victory” even as Russia wa
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