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Prosecutor in Trump classified papers case calls claims of hostility toward co-defendant ‘garbage’

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER
May 22, 2024 2:04 pm - FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A lawyer for Donald Trump's personal valet accused federal prosecutors Wednesday of targeting the valet because he refused to cooperate against the fo...
Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer

By TOM KRISHER
May 22, 2024 12:33 pm - DETROIT — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new...
Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace

By KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM
May 22, 2024 12:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his ...
Judge in Tennessee blocks effort to put Elvis Presley’s former home Graceland up for sale

By ADRIAN SAINZ
May 22, 2024 9:53 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge on Wednesday blocked the auction of Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a...
Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the U.S., a new study says

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
May 22, 2024 9:20 am - Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades.
Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK
May 22, 2024 8:33 am - GREENFIELD, Iowa — Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town in Iowa and left a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars, while the ho...
Russian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand

By SAMYA KULLAB
May 22, 2024 7:04 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts...
Iran’s supreme leader prays for late president and others killed in helicopter crash

By JON GAMBRELL
May 22, 2024 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's supreme leader prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country's late president, foreign minister and other officials who were kille...
Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

By JOSEPH WILSON, MELANIE LIDMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS
May 22, 2024 6:57 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s i...
1 dead, others injured after London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines says

May 21, 2024 8:14 am - One person has died aboard a London-Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday, in which the plane apparently plummeted for a number of minutes before it was diverted to Bangkok, where emergency crews rushed to help injured passengers amid stormy weather.

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