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Suspect in custody for possible Northern California shooting

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) - At least three people were hospitalized and a suspect in custody Thursday after a possible shooting in Northern California. A spokesperson for Sutter Roseville Medical Center ...

Apr 06, 2023

US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions

WASHINGTON (AP) - Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but team...

Apr 06, 2023

Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon raise risk of conflict

JERUSALEM (AP) - Militants in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel's northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding a...

Apr 06, 2023

Wildfire threat grows as Florida drought gets steadily worse

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The threat of wildfires is growing in Florida over the coming weeks as more than half the state is experiencing severe to extreme drought conditions likely to persist until...

Apr 06, 2023

Snake on a plane! South African pilot finds cobra under seat

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the l...

Apr 06, 2023

GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats in gun protest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands flocked to the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday to support three Democratic lawmakers facing possible expulsion for their role in a gun-control demonstration, cheering a...

Apr 06, 2023

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, say...

Apr 06, 2023

House Republicans subpoena former prosecutor in Trump case

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Thursday subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash ...

Apr 06, 2023

Italy's Berlusconi diagnosed with leukemia, doctors say

ROME (AP) - Doctors for Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi say he is being treated for a lung infection that suggests he has a "chronic blood condition" that is a kind of leukemia. Berlusconi's ...

Apr 06, 2023

New exhibit explores significance of Mexica's lunar goddess

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A new exhibit hosted by Museum of Templo Mayor in Mexico City marks the 45th anniversary of the discovery of a monolith depicting Coyolxauhqui, the Mexica lunar goddess. The finding...

Apr 06, 2023