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Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed a new school board Monday, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation's thir...

Oct 07, 2024

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, ha...

Oct 07, 2024

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, ha...

Oct 07, 2024

Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country's strictest abortion bans. Without detailing ...

Oct 07, 2024

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regul...

Oct 07, 2024

Russian court sentences a 72-year-old American to nearly 7 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Prosecutors said Stephen Hubbard signed a contract with...

Oct 07, 2024

Florida prepares for massive evacuations as Hurricane Milton takes aim at major metro areas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) - Milton increased to a Category 2 hurricane early Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (161 kph). The storm was about 195 miles west-northwest of Progr...

Oct 07, 2024

Projectiles launched from Gaza set off sirens in central Tel Aviv, Israeli military says

RE'IM, Israel (AP) - Israelis were holding vigils and somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country's history, which sparked the war in G...

Oct 07, 2024

A massive blast outside Karachi Airport in Pakistan injures at least 8

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A massive blast outside Karachi Airport in Pakistan on Sunday injured at least eight people and destroyed several vehicles, officials said. Police and the provincial governmen...

Oct 06, 2024

Hurricane Milton has formed and could grow stronger before hitting Florida midweek

MIAMI (AP) - U.S. Air Force hurricane hunters have confirmed that Milton has rapidly intensified into a hurricane as it moves toward Florida, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Hurricane Mil...

Oct 06, 2024