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Head-on train crash in Greece kills 32, injures at least 85

TEMPE, Greece (AP) - A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wre...

Feb 28, 2023

Nigeria electoral commission: Tinubu wins presidential vote

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Election officials declared ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu the winner of Nigeria's presidential election early Wednesday, with the two leading opposition candidates already d...

Feb 28, 2023

Vallas in runoff for Chicago mayor; opponent not yet decided

CHICAGO (AP) - Paul Vallas, the former schools CEO endorsed by the Chicago police union, advanced to a two-candidate runoff for Chicago mayor on Tuesday. His rival in a bid to unseat Mayor Lori Lightf...

Feb 28, 2023

Fiery train crash, derailment in Greece hurts at least 60

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday, causing fires and leaving dozens injured, police and Fire Service officials sa...

Feb 28, 2023

DOJ sues La. company over cancer risk to minority community

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that it presented an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxi...

Feb 28, 2023

UN report: Uranium particles enriched to 83.7% found in Iran

VIENNA (AP) - Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% in Iran's underground Fordo nuclear site, a report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press s...

Feb 28, 2023

Mexican president says Tesla to build plant in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant in the city of Monterrey, an industrial hub in northern M...

Feb 28, 2023

Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again

PARIS (AP) - World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbapp again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday. The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straig...

Feb 27, 2023

Israel beefs up troops after unprecedented settler rampage

HAWARA, West Bank (AP) - Israeli medics say a man has been seriously wounded in a shooting on a West Bank highway. The shooting on Monday comes a day after two Israelis were killed by a Palestinian gu...

Feb 27, 2023

Democrat Elissa Slotkin to seek Michigan's open Senate seat

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump int...

Feb 27, 2023