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Asian Games in China postponed over spread of COVID-19

Less than three months after Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Olympic Council of Asia said Friday that this year's Asian Games are being postponed because of concerns over the s...

May 06, 2022

GOP works to get out the vote after calling elections rigged

ATLANTA (AP) - Republican David Perdue has made election fraud the centerpiece of his run for Georgia governor. But if he hopes to win in this year's midterm elections, his supporters will have to use...

May 05, 2022

53 dead in China building collapse, search for trapped ends

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say that 53 people died in a building collapse one week ago in central China and 10 were rescued. Authorities said Friday the search had ended for people trapped fro...

May 05, 2022

Israeli medics say 3 killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

JERUSALEM (AP) - A pair of Palestinian attackers went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv on Thursday night, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicl...

May 05, 2022

Karine Jean-Pierre to be next White House press secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week. Biden is also bringing ...

May 05, 2022

Cardinal: Pope authorized 1M payment to free kidnapped nun

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali, a cardinal testified Thursday, revealing previously s...

May 05, 2022

Students at Emory University told to shelter in place

ATLANTA (AP) - Officials at Emory University are urgently telling students and staff to shelter in place amid reports of a possible armed suspect. The university said in an email Monday that police ar...

May 05, 2022

Emma Stone finds relief in grim Greek silent movie

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - For Emma Stone, acting in "Bleat," a Greek silent movie with surreal and disturbing scenes of sex, death, and resurrection, was a professional challenge and a relief. Playing a y...

May 05, 2022

Death toll rises to 26 in central China building collapse

BEIJING (AP) - The death toll has risen to 26 in the collapse of a building in central China. The official Xinhua News Agency says that 10 people had also been rescued as of Tuesday night. Rescuers ha...

May 05, 2022

LA hospital sued for racism in Black mother's death

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical hospital on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the ...

May 04, 2022