Judge: Synagogue massacre suspect can face death penalty
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man charged in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history has lost a bid to get the death penalty removed as a…
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Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall inductees
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don…
Continue Reading Airbnb will push rooms as low-cost option to house rentals
By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airbnb is making a renewed push into renting single rooms in a nod to its beginnings and a…
Continue Reading Floods amid heavy rainfall kill more than 100 in Rwanda
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press A public broadcaster in Rwanda says 109 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western…
Continue Reading Russia says it foiled an alleged drone attack on Kremlin
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight. The Kremlin on Wednesday…
Continue Reading Baby delivered, Thai PM candidate set to resume campaigning
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A popular candidate for prime minister of Thailand says she’s eager to get back on…
Continue Reading Don Giovanni `unredeemable’ in Ivo van Hove’s US opera debut
By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press Belgian director Ivo van Hove is making his U.S. opera debut with a dark take on “Don Giovanni” at the…
Continue ReadingArizona AG takes aim at foreign-owned farms that pump groundwater to feed cattle overseas
By Ella Nilsen, CNN Amid Arizona’s worsening groundwater crisis, the state’s new attorney general is vowing to crack down on…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 3: Border, Texas shooting, Writers strike, Fed meeting, Sudan
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many airline employees have gone for years without pay raises, even after enduring difficult working conditions during the…
Continue Reading Priest, scientist on trial in Germany over climate protest
BERLIN (AP) — A Jesuit priest and a scientist are appearing before a court in Munich charged with coercion in connection with a climate protest…
Continue Reading Colombia’s Petro begins visit to Spain to boost peace plan
By RAQUEL REDONDO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro is beginning a state visit to Spain. He plans…
Continue Reading Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes tanker in Strait of Hormuz
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the second…
Continue ReadingReport: Taliban interfering with NGO work in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A US report says a Taliban fighter fired his rifle into the air during a food distribution event in Afghanistan, citing it as an…
Continue Reading Anadolu Efes player Singleton hospitalized with chest pains
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Istanbul-based basketball team Anadolu Efes says player Chris Singleton has been admitted to a hospital after suffering chest…
Continue Reading Ukraine denies Russian claim Kyiv sent drones to hit Kremlin
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Belarus: Dissident journalist sentenced to 8 years in prison
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has convicted a dissident journalist who was removed from a commercial airplane that was forced to land…
Continue ReadingTexas massacre suspect charged with 5 counts of murder as investigators say his longtime partner gave him food and clothes while on the run
By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Holly Yan, Josh Campbell and Mark Morales, CNN The longtime partner of a man accused of gunning down five people,…
Continue Reading Syria and Iran sign long-term oil and trade agreements
By ALBERT AJI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The presidents of Iran and Syria signed Wednesday a series of long-term…
Continue Reading Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill Palestinian as violence ebbs
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed a 58-year-old man and wounded five others.…
Continue Reading UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
ROME (AP) — A report says more than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year. The Global Report on Food…
Continue ReadingUniversity of California students in Davis fearful and rattled as 3 stabbings in 5 days remain unsolved
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Three brutal stabbings near the University of California at Davis in the span of five days have left two people dead and some…
Continue Reading French constitutional body rejects pension referendum call
PARIS (AP) — France’s top constitutional body has rejected a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to undo President Emmanuel Macron’s law…
Continue Reading Police: Serbia school shooter had list of students to target
By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A 13-year-old who opened fire Wednesday at his school in Serbia’s…
Continue Reading Could France protest fury spill into next year’s Olympics?
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Retired and with time to kill, Bernard Gauvain wants to be a volunteer at the 2024 Olympics — but…
Continue Reading Syrian refugees fearful as Lebanon steps up deportations
By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press QAB ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese officials have launched a crackdown on the country’s…
Continue Reading Germany, Italy clamp down on Italian mob with raids, arrests
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Police have arrested suspects and raided homes across Germany and Italy in…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian markets mixed after US rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending…
Continue Reading IMF says inflation to slow growth across Mideast this year
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Economies across the Middle East and Central Asia will likely slow this year as…
Continue Reading Pardon frees more than 2,100 Myanmar political prisoners
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military council says it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a…
Continue Reading Quarterbacks come off board at record rate in NFL draft
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Brock Purdy impact was in full effect in this year’s NFL draft. A year after the San Francisco 49ers found…
Continue Reading US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border…
Continue Reading US defense contractors want deeper cooperation with Taiwan
By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of United States defense contractors and a former senior leader…
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Writers strike looks to be a long fight, as Hollywood braces
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and…
Continue Reading Writers strike looks to be a long fight, as Hollywood braces
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and…
Continue Reading Harper 0 for 4 in return, Urías helps Dodgers top Phils 13-1
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryce Harper’s return to the Philadelphia Phillies lineup got off to a rough start. The…
Continue Reading Washington state to decriminalize drugs unless lawmakers act
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out…
Continue Reading Davis, James deliver as Lakers top Curry, Warriors in Game 1
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LeBron James no longer has to do it all against Stephen Curry on the big stage, not even…
Continue Reading India’s RBI single in 10th lifts Reds over Padres, 2-1
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds had lost their last nine games at Petco Park. Jonathan India and Alexis…
Continue Reading Pollock homers to break up no-hit bid, Mariners beat A’s 2-1
By BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A pair of pitchers with the same last name and born one day apart took a double no-hitter into…
Continue Reading US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border…
Continue Reading History, civics scores of US students dipped amid pandemic
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to…
Continue Reading Gone 20 years, New Hampshire’s Old Man of Mountain lives on
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two decades after New Hampshire’s famous Old Man of the Mountain crumbled to pieces, the…
Continue Reading Man executed in Florida for woman’s 1986 stabbing death
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986. Authorities say…
Continue Reading Fed raises key rate but hints it may pause amid bank turmoil
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising…
Continue Reading World Series champion Astros get visit from Lil Wayne
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne visited the World Series champion Houston Astros Tuesday…
Continue Reading North Carolina Republicans unveil new abortion restrictions
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say there is…
Continue Reading Pollock breaks up A’s no-hitter with 8th-inning homer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Seattle’s AJ Pollock hit a tying home run off Richard Lovelady with one out in the eighth inning to break up a…
Continue Reading DeSclafani throws 8 scoreless as Giants shut out Astros 2-0
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — San Francisco’s Anthony DeSclafani threw a season-high 109 pitches in eight scoreless…
Continue Reading Ward’s homer leads Angels to 5-1 win, Cards’ 4th loss in row
By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Taylor Ward capped a four-run first inning with a three-run homer, Patrick Sandoval combined…
Continue Reading Argentina’s Fernandez seeks dollar relief from Brazil’s Lula
By CARLA BRIDI and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Argentine President Alberto Fernández and his Brazilian counterpart,…
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