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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

Blinken tests positive for COVID; has mild symptoms

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department said Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner and related events ...

May 04, 2022

British Virgin Islands premier granted bond in US drug case

The premier of the British Virgin Islands could be released on a $500,000 bond as he awaits trial on charges tied to a U.S. government narcotics sting, a federal judge in Miami said Wednesday. In a su...

May 04, 2022

North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising animosities

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowe...

May 03, 2022

Indiana GOP lawmakers hold off many hard-right challengers

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Frustrated Indiana conservatives fell short in several primary races Tuesday in their drive to push the Republican-controlled state Legislature further to the right and saw one of ...

May 03, 2022

In Ohio, US House rematch again tests progressive clout

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A rematch pitting one of the left's rising stars against a new House incumbent backed by the more moderate Democratic establishment is providing another key litmus test of the pr...

May 03, 2022