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Judge rules against RFK Jr. in fight to be on New York’s ballot, says he is not a state resident

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A judge ruled Monday that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions, invalidating the documents he needs...

Aug 12, 2024

Crews begin demolishing Texas church where gunman killed more than two dozen in 2017

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) - Crews on Monday began to tear down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even ...

Aug 12, 2024

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law

WASHINGTON (AP) - Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn't know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarri...

Aug 12, 2024

Police in London say a man is arrested after a child and adult were stabbed in a busy square

LONDON (AP) - A man has been arrested after an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman were stabbed in central London, London's Metropolitan Police said Monday. The attack occurred in Leicester Squar...

Aug 12, 2024

Russia's Putin says Ukraine's incursion into Kursk is an attempt to stop Moscow’s eastern offensive

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the Ukraine army's incursion into the Kursk region, which has caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee, is an attempt by Kyiv t...

Aug 12, 2024

Major wildfire rages out of control on fringes of Greek capital; hundreds of firefighters deployed

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Hundreds of firefighters backed by more than two dozen water-dropping planes were battling a major forest fire raging out of control Monday on the northern fringes of the Greek c...

Aug 12, 2024

Aaron Rai takes advantage of Max Greyserman's late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Aaron Rai took advantage of Max Greyserman's late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Rai closed with a 6-under 64, with the 29-yea...

Aug 11, 2024

Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) - How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It's still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper rece...

Aug 11, 2024

At least 18 dead after landfill site collapses in Uganda's capital

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital has collapsed, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which se...

Aug 11, 2024

Maryland house leveled after apparent blast, at least 1 person found dead

BEL AIR, Md. (AP) - At least one person has died after an apparent explosion leveled a house in a town northeast of Baltimore, fire officials said Sunday. Andrew Doyle, a public information officer fo...

Aug 11, 2024