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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

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive det...

Mar 27, 2025

Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua

PANAMA CITY (AP) - Ex-Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he's been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua for humanitarian reasons,...

Mar 27, 2025

White House withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador over tight GOP House margin

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The White House has withdrawn Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a stunning turnaround for President Donald Trump's Cabinet pick after ...

Mar 27, 2025

Mixed verdict for 3 Philadelphia detectives in perjury trial involving a 2016 murder exoneration

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The trial of three long-retired Philadelphia detectives accused of lying about evidence in a homicide case that later ended with an exoneration wrapped up with a mixed verdict Thur...

Mar 27, 2025

5 wounded in stabbing in Amsterdam, 1 person arrested

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - At least five people have been wounded in a stabbing in Amsterdam, police in the Dutch city said on Thursday. The stabbing happened near Dam Square in central Amsterdam. ...

Mar 27, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services will cut 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will eliminate 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan. The agency made the announcement Thursday. The agency is responsibl...

Mar 27, 2025

Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's coast, leaving 6 dead and 9 injured, officials say

CAIRO (AP) - Six people died and nine others were injured after a tourist submarine sank in the popular Egyptian Red Sea destination of Hurghada, two municipal officials said Thursday. They were speak...

Mar 27, 2025

World figure skating championships pause to remember those who died in plane crash

BOSTON (AP) - Before the skaters in their sequins and brightly coloured costumes took the ice at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday night, a choir dressed all in black sang a solemn h...

Mar 26, 2025

Pilot rescued with 2 girls from icy Alaska lake was not authorized to have passengers, official says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A pilot rescued with two young family members after they survived a night on the wing of an airplane partially submerged in an Alaska lake is a student pilot who was not autho...

Mar 26, 2025