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AP source: Democrats pick Chicago to host 2024 convention

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats have chosen Chicago to host their 2024 national convention, trying to keep the party's momentum going after last fall's midterm election success in the critical Midwest. Th...

Apr 11, 2023

Fancy a dip? An Olympic reboot for Paris' toxic River Seine

PARIS (AP) - Even before he has dipped his toes into the murky waters of Paris ' famous but forbidden River Seine, French triathlete Thibaut Rigaudeau is already fielding questions from disbelieving f...

Apr 11, 2023

Germany: 'Uncooperative' squirrel freed from manhole cover

BERLIN (AP) - Firefighters say they have freed an "uncooperative" squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany - echoing a similar incident that happened in the same city four years a...

Apr 11, 2023

Boston heads to Fever as No. 1 pick in WNBA draft

NEW YORK (AP) - Aliyah Boston was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft on Monday night, going to the Indiana Fever. It's the first time that the Fever have had the top choice in the draft, and they chose ...

Apr 10, 2023

Black lawmaker who was expelled to return to Tennessee House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville's governing council voted to send him straight...

Apr 10, 2023

US finds WSJ reporter in Russia is wrongfully detained

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration formally determined Monday that a Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia on espionage charges has been "wrongfully detained." The designation elevates the ca...

Apr 10, 2023

Grand jury indicts mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun in the family's home, a...

Apr 10, 2023

Justice Department calls abortion pill order 'unprecedented'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Justice Department on Monday called a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. "extraordinary and unprecedented" wh...

Apr 10, 2023

Israeli PM retracts firing of defense minister amid tension

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday retracted his decision to fire his defense minister over criticism of the government's contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary. ...

Apr 10, 2023

In mass rally, Israeli settlers march to West Bank outpost

JERUSALEM (AP) - Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel's most right-wing government in hist...

Apr 10, 2023