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Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. "Unlike in the past, the (Israeli milit...

Apr 16, 2025

Four students injured in shooting at Dallas high school, police say

DALLAS (AP) - A shooting at a Dallas high school on Tuesday injured four students who were taken to hospitals, police said. Authorities did not say what led up to the shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High ...

Apr 15, 2025

Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup

DENVER (AP) - A former member of Gambia's military was convicted Tuesday of charges that included torturing people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country's longtime...

Apr 15, 2025

Judge rejects defense that Gaudreau brothers contributed to their deaths by cycling while impaired

SALEM, N.J. (AP) - The family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain Tuesday as lawyers debated whether the men's own drinking contributed to their deaths when t...

Apr 15, 2025

Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering

LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction gi...

Apr 15, 2025

Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism Tuesday for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 ...

Apr 15, 2025

Iranian supreme leader expresses endorsement of talks with US

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the first round of talks with the United States went "well," in his first public comment on the negotiations, state televisio...

Apr 15, 2025

Singapore dissolves parliament, paving the way for general elections

Singapore's parliament was dissolved Tuesday, paving the way for general elections in which the city-state's long-ruling People's Action Party will seek to strengthen its dominance under Prime Ministe...

Apr 15, 2025

FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations direct...

Apr 14, 2025

Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard

BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administr...

Apr 14, 2025