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Vance and wife tour US military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visit

NUUK, Greenland (AP) - Vice President JD Vance, his wife and other senior U.S. officials visited an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among G...

Mar 28, 2025

South Carolina inmate chooses to die by firing squad like the last condemned inmate before him

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A second South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi chose the firing squ...

Mar 28, 2025

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to lift an order barring deportations under wartime law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a cour...

Mar 28, 2025

Powerful earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, killing at least 3 in Bangkok high-rise collapse

BANGKOK (AP) - A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collaps...

Mar 28, 2025

Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters...

Mar 28, 2025

King Charles III seen in public one day after hospitalization for cancer treatment side effects

King Charles III was seen in public on Friday for first time since his brief hospitalization for the side effects from his cancer treatment. Charles waved to people as he left his residence at Clarenc...

Mar 28, 2025

Strong earthquake rocks Thai capital of Bangkok, prompting evacuations from swaying buildings

BANGKOK (AP) - A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway. The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany's GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor ...

Mar 28, 2025

Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump's order banning transgender people from serving in the military - the second nationwide injuncti...

Mar 27, 2025

King Charles III experiences side effects after receiving medical treatment and is in hospital

LONDON (AP) - King Charles III was hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing "temporary side effects,'' related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement...

Mar 27, 2025

Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister...

Mar 27, 2025