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Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged - growling and roaring - from a dumpster outside an elementary school. Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh w...

May 03, 2023

Russia says it foiled an alleged drone attack on Kremlin

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin decried t...

May 03, 2023

Dissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A Belarusian court convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country and sentenced him Wednesday to ...

May 03, 2023

US Navy: Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days, the U.S. Navy said. The Navy's Mideas...

May 03, 2023

Teenage boy opens fire in school in Serbian capital

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - A teenage boy opened fire early Wednesday in a school in central Belgrade, causing injuries, Serbian police said. Police received a call about the shooting in the Vladislav Rib...

May 03, 2023

Germany, Italy clamp down on Italian mob with raids, arrests

BERLIN (AP) - Police arrested suspects and raided homes early Wednesday across Germany and Italy in a massive effort to clamp down on members of the Italian 'ndrangheta organized crime syndicate. In G...

May 03, 2023

Suspected gunman caught after 5 dead in Texas mass shooting

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) - Authorities near Houston say they have caught a man suspected of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, with an AR-style rifle after the family confronted h...

May 02, 2023

Judge rejects Zooey Zephyr effort to return to Montana House

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender Montana lawmaker who was silenced after telling Republicans they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender-affirming health care for k...

May 02, 2023

Navy commander pulled from job in connection with SEAL death

WASHINGTON (AP) - The commander of the Naval Special Warfare Center who was reprimanded in connection with the death last year of a Navy SEAL candidate has been pulled out of his job about two months ...

May 02, 2023

Vermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law

Vermont on Tuesday became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it to end their lives. Repub...

May 02, 2023