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UN says 73 migrants presumed dead in shipwreck off Libya

GENEVA (AP) - At least 73 Europe-bound migrants are missing and presumed dead in a shipwreck off Libya, the United Nations migration agency said Wednesday. The U.N. International Organization for Migr...

Feb 15, 2023

Reports: Scottish leader Sturgeon to resign after 8 years

LONDON (AP) - Nicola Sturgeon is expected to resign as first minister of Scotland, the BBC reported Wednesday. Sturgeon, who has led the country's devolved government and the Scottish National Party f...

Feb 15, 2023

Man with explosives arrested outside Swiss parliament

GENEVA (AP) - Police in Switzerland's capital evacuated Parliament and related offices Tuesday after a man in a bulletproof vest was arrested near one of its entrances and found to be bearing explosiv...

Feb 14, 2023

Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn't commit. Lamar Johnson,...

Feb 14, 2023

California Sen. Feinstein says she won't run for reelection

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection in 2024, signaling the end of a groundbreaking political career spanning six decades in which sh...

Feb 14, 2023

Rising toll makes quake worst in Turkey's modern history

JINDERIS, Syria (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday that 35,418 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster sinc...

Feb 14, 2023

Haley announces presidential campaign, challenging Trump

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday, becoming the first major challenger to former P...

Feb 14, 2023

Gunman kills 3 at Michigan State University; kills himself

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A gunman who opened fire at Michigan State University killed three people and wounded five, setting off an hourslong manhunt as frightened students hid in classrooms and car...

Feb 14, 2023

India tax officials search BBC offices weeks after Modi doc

NEW DELHI (AP) - Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, weeks after the British broadcaster released a controver...

Feb 13, 2023

Michigan State University police: Shootings wound several

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Multiple people were wounded in shootings Monday night at Michigan State University, police said. On Twitter, university police said there appeared to be only one suspect, d...

Feb 13, 2023