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Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78

NEW YORK (AP) - Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78. "He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspirati...

Dec 27, 2024

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in sev...

Dec 27, 2024

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

BOSTON (AP) - The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of m...

Dec 27, 2024

Man indicted in burning death of woman inside a New York City subway train, prosecutors say

NEW YORK (AP) - The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday. The development comes days after Sebast...

Dec 27, 2024

Chinese man sentenced to death for killing 35 people by driving into a crowd

BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings. The court in the sout...

Dec 27, 2024

Germany's president dissolves parliament, sets national election for Feb. 23

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's gove...

Dec 27, 2024

South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly votes to impeach acting President Han

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further de...

Dec 27, 2024

Organizers say two sailors have died in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions

SYDNEY (AP) - Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retire...

Dec 26, 2024

Israeli attorney general orders probe into report that alleged Netanyahu's wife harassed opponents

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the ...

Dec 26, 2024

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92

NEW DELHI (AP) - India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India's economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was ...

Dec 26, 2024