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Idaho OKs veto-proof bill to allow execution by firing squad

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor's desk after passing the Legislature on Monday with a veto-proof majority. Firi...

Mar 20, 2023

Biden issues first veto, defending Labor Dept. 'ESG' rule

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday issued the first veto of his presidency as he sought to block Republican-led efforts in Congress to overturn a Labor Department rule allowing retirement...

Mar 20, 2023

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanit...

Mar 20, 2023

US aid worker kidnapped in Niger released after 6 years

WASHINGTON (AP) - An American aid worker who was kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger more than six years ago has been released from custody, the Biden administration said Monday. Jeffrey Woo...

Mar 20, 2023

World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning

BERLIN (AP) - Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change 's future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so requires qu...

Mar 20, 2023

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death to...

Mar 20, 2023

Russian president Putin visits occupied city of Mariupol

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the port city of Mariupol, Russian state news agencies reported on Sunday morning, in what would mark his first trip to Ukrainian terr...

Mar 19, 2023

From highlands to the coast, quake damages Ecuador, Peru

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Juan Vera lost three relatives when a strong earthquake that shook parts of Ecuador and Peru on Saturday brought down his niece's home. The government has offered to pay for the ...

Mar 18, 2023

N Korea launches missile into sea amid US-S Korea drills

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Japan says North Korea has launched a suspected missile toward the sea. Japan's coast guard said it confirmed that what appeared to be a North Korean missile was fired Sunday...

Mar 18, 2023

Earthquake in Ecuador kills at least 1, causes wide damage

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A strong earthquake shook the region around Ecuador's second-largest city on Saturday, killing at least one person, damaging homes and buildings, and sending panicked residents i...

Mar 18, 2023