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By LISA MASCARO (AP Congressional Correspondent) WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct, responding to enormous GOP pressure to demonstrate support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In remarks Tuesday at the Capitol, McCarthy said the questions House Republicans are raising about the Biden family finances need to be investigated.... Read More

By LARRY NEUMEISTER (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A gynecologist who sexually abused vulnerable and trusting patients for over two decades at prestigious New York hospitals cried before he was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison by a federal judge who called his crimes unprecedented. The sentence for Robert Hadden, 64, was a measure of vindication for hundreds of former patients who accused the doctor of molesting them during examinations but saw an earlier prosecution end with a... Read More

By ANDREW SELIGMAN, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and LARRY LAGE (Associated Press) CHICAGO (AP) — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who on Monday became the first female athlete to sue the university over allegations she was retaliated against for reporting mistreatment and a new lawsuit by former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates. “This shows that it isn’t just men,” said Parker Stinar, one of her attorneys. “It isn’t just football... Read More

By KIM TONG-HYUNG (Associated Press) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, South Korea’s military said Tuesday, adding to a recent streak in weapons testing that is apparently in protest of the U.S. sending major naval assets to South Korea in a show of force. In its third round of launches since last week, North Korea fired the missiles just before midnight from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint... Read More

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending up to $400 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, including a variety of munitions for advanced air defense systems and a number of small, surveillance Hornet drones, U.S. officials said Monday, as attacks in the war escalated to include strikes in Moscow and Crimea. The package includes an array of ammunition — ranging from missiles for the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket... Read More

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ACACIA CORONADO (Associated Press) EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern border. For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S., pushing legal boundaries with a go-it-alone bravado along the state’s 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) border... Read More

By JOSEF FEDERMAN (Associated Press) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in a hospital on Sunday after an emergency heart procedure, as thousands of supporters and opponents of his government’s judicial overhaul plan held rival rallies ahead of a key vote. Netanyahu’s sudden hospitalization for the implant of a pacemaker added another dizzying twist to an already dramatic series of events that have bitterly divided his country and are certain to... Read More

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in a hospital on Sunday after an emergency heart procedure, while opposition to his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country. Netanyahu’s doctors said Sunday the heart pacemaker implantation went smoothly and that Netanyahu, 73, felt fine. According to his office, he was expected to be discharged later in the day. But tensions were surging as... Read More

South Florida is officially a United Nations of pizza, with new styles arriving on our shores every week, from Chicago’s casserole-style deep dish to Detroit’s square pies with red sauce on the cheese. Yes. On. The. Cheese. Owing partly to local ingenuity and the pandemic migration of Californians, Midwesterners and Northeasterners, South Florida today is home to at least 13 regional pizza styles — including Cuban and Haitian, Argentinean and Greek. Just how well do you know your pizza... Read More

By HYUNG-JIN KIM (Associated Press) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A pink phone. A New York mission. Swedish diplomats. A North-South Korean hotline. The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to contact each other. An American official said Wednesday that the U.S. government had reached out to the North as it tries to discuss a U.S. soldier who dashed into North Korea during a tour of a border area this week. The North has not yet... Read More