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Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Eleven people were hospitalized and seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who had been driven from the border packed...

Jun 06, 2024

US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv's forces could use to strike threats in...

Jun 06, 2024

2 more charged in betting scandal that spurred NBA to bar Raptors' Jontay Porter for life

NEW YORK (AP) - Two more men were charged Thursday in the sports betting scandal that prompted the NBA to ban former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter for life. Timothy McCormack and Mahmud Mollah ...

Jun 06, 2024

Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says

WASHINGTON (AP) - Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the ...

Jun 06, 2024

Widow of Beau Biden takes the stand in Hunter Biden's gun trial, talks about tossing the weapon

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The widow of Hunter Biden's brother, Beau, testified Thursday in his federal gun trial that she found his crack at her Wilmington, Delaware, house, saw him use the illicit drug...

Jun 06, 2024

Fossil-hunting diver says he has found a large section of mastodon tusk off Florida's coast

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida's Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned out to be something far rar...

Jun 06, 2024

Poland’s military says a soldier who was stabbed at the border with Belarus has died

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's military says a soldier who was stabbed last month from behind a barrier at the border with Belarus has died. It said the soldier was stabbed in the chest by a migrant w...

Jun 06, 2024

Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the deaths of two more women

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - The New York architect previously accused of murdering four women and leaving their corpses scattered along a coastal highway was charged Thursday in the deaths of two more wome...

Jun 06, 2024

Biden calls for solidarity with Ukraine at D-Day anniversary ceremony near the beaches of Normandy

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by saying "we will not walk away" from the defense of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more o...

Jun 06, 2024

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spain will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister announced Thursday. Spain is the firs...

Jun 06, 2024