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Greece train crash death toll rises to 57 amid search

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - The death toll from the head-on collision of a passenger train and a freight train in Greece has risen to 57. Police spokeswoman Constandia Dimoglidou said in a briefing Th...

Mar 02, 2023

Half of California freed from drought thanks to rain, snow

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data show...

Mar 02, 2023

Blinken, Lavrov meet briefly as US-Russia tensions soar

NEW DELHI (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke briefly Thursday at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-l...

Mar 02, 2023

G20 talks end in India without consensus on Ukraine war

NEW DELHI (AP) - A meeting of top diplomats of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended Thursday in New Delhi without a consensus on the Ukraine war, India's foreign minister said. ...

Mar 02, 2023

SpaceX launches US, Russia, UAE astronauts to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong ...

Mar 01, 2023

California high schooler fatally stabbed in classroom fight

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - A 16-year-old student involved in a fight at a Northern California high school was fatally stabbed Wednesday inside a classroom full of students, authorities said. Another st...

Mar 01, 2023

California board denies parole for RFK killer Sirhan Sirhan

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan's lawyer Angela Berry says the parole board decided the 78-year-old prisoner still l...

Mar 01, 2023

Explosive found in bag at Pennsylvania airport, man arrested

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A man was arrested after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight at an eastern Pennsylvania airport, federal authorities said. Marc Muffley, 40, is ch...

Mar 01, 2023

UK: Remains of baby found after missing couple arrested

LONDON (AP) - British police said they found the remains of a 2-month old baby Wednesday after officers arrested the infant's mother and her boyfriend, who vanished after the child was born in early J...

Mar 01, 2023

Intel agencies: No sign adversaries behind 'Havana Syndrome'

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence agencies cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called "Havana syndrome," the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symp...

Mar 01, 2023