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US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv's desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense R...

Jun 11, 2024

Haiti’s transitional council appoints new Cabinet tasked with leading a country under siege by gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's transitional council appointed a new Cabinet on Monday, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs. Governme...

Jun 11, 2024

Four people shot at downtown Atlanta food court, mayor says

ATLANTA (AP) - Four people were shot at a food court in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon, including the initial shooter, the city's mayor said. Mayor Andre Dickens said on the social media site X...

Jun 11, 2024

Hamas says it gave mediators its response to Gaza cease-fire plan with some 'remarks'

BEIRUT (AP) - Hamas says it has given Qatari and Egyptian mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, with some "remarks" on the deal. Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad...

Jun 11, 2024

A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children is thrown out by a federal judge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults. Seni...

Jun 11, 2024

Pamela Smart, serving life, accepts responsibility for her husband's 1990 killing for the first time

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage student to have her husband killed in 1990, accepted full responsibility for his death for the first time...

Jun 11, 2024

Jurors resume deliberations in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son Hunter

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Jurors resumed deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against Hunter Biden over a gun President Joe Biden's son bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of ...

Jun 11, 2024

Chinese police say man under arrest in stabbing of US college instructors

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police say a suspect is in custody in a stabbing attack on four instructors from Iowa's Cornell College who were teaching at a Chinese university in the northeast city of Jilin....

Jun 11, 2024

Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Malawi's vice president and nine others were killed in a plane crash, the country's president said Tuesday. The wreckage of the military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Ch...

Jun 11, 2024

South Korean troops fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed land border

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops violated the land border earlier this week, South Korea's military said Tuesday, amid soaring animosities ...

Jun 10, 2024