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A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came j...

May 17, 2025

Two dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - There was a shooting inside a gym, killing two people, with multiple other people injured, Las Vegas police said. One person died as gunfire erupted at the Las Vegas Athletic Club on ...

May 16, 2025

1 person died, 2 others were pulled from wreckage after a storm crumbled part of a St. Louis church

One person died and two others were pulled from the wreckage of a partially collapsed church on Friday, after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis. Several other people w...

May 16, 2025

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration's appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. Over two dissenting votes, the...

May 16, 2025

Authorities say 11 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail; 10 still missing after one recaptured

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities in Louisiana say they are in pursuit of 10 inmates - at least one of whom is convicted of murder - who escaped from a New Orleans jail. Another inmate was captured Frida...

May 16, 2025

Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even af...

May 16, 2025

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation

BRUSSELS (AP) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will temporarily step down pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the court announced F...

May 16, 2025

Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected them...

May 16, 2025

Trump says Iran has a proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear program

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two countries g...

May 16, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 64 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least 64 people, hospitals said, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit that skipped I...

May 16, 2025