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Conservative leader Merz overcomes historic defeat to become Germany’s chancellor

BERLIN (AP) - Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany's next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic los...

May 06, 2025

Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The court acted i...

May 06, 2025

Rescue crews recover the body of a 10-year-old girl lost in Texas floods

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - The body of a 10-year-old girl who was swept away in rapidly rising floodwaters has been recovered, Brenham Police Chief Mark Donovan said Tuesday. Her body was found as forecast...

May 06, 2025

Israel's military says it has fully disabled Yemen's main airport with airstrikes

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Tuesday it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that fully disabled the country's international airport in the capital, Sanaa. The ...

May 06, 2025

Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor fails first ballot by 6 votes

BERLIN (AP) - Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes. Merz, the conservative leader, was expected to win the vote o...

May 06, 2025

Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands

WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump's administration, the Education Department announced Monday. The ...

May 05, 2025

Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pent...

May 05, 2025

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff

ATLANTA (AP) - Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican governor, announced Monday that he's not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. Kemp, who will leave the governor's ch...

May 05, 2025

Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Monday that it carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hi...

May 05, 2025

3 killed and 9 missing after small boat capsizes off San Diego, Coast Guard says

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early Monday in high surf off San Diego's coast. U.S. Coast Guard vessels and hel...

May 05, 2025