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UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer repre...

May 31, 2024

1 Malaysian climber dead, 1 rescued near the top of Denali, North America's tallest mountain

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North America's tallest mountain following a summit push was rescued Friday, but his partner was dead, off...

May 31, 2024

Biden says Hamas is 'no longer capable' of carrying out another major attack against Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Friday that Hamas is "no longer capable" of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release rem...

May 31, 2024

Biden says questioning Trump's guilty verdicts is 'dangerous' and 'irresponsible'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Friday that his predecessor, Donald Trump, was found guilty and "it's reckless, it's dangerous, it's irresponsible, for anyone to say this is rigged just bec...

May 31, 2024

El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele's inauguration

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador said authorities have broken up a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele's inauguration on Saturday. The country's ...

May 31, 2024

Trump delivers rambling response to guilty verdict, falsely blasting 'rigged trial,' slamming Cohen

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York's criminal justice system Friday as he tried to repackage his conviction on 34...

May 31, 2024

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complication...

May 31, 2024

Police arrest 'many' at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz, school says

Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment and barricades where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the ma...

May 31, 2024

French security authorities foil a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) - The French interior minister said Friday that security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics. Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that the membe...

May 31, 2024

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing 'partisan extremism'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Body Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans. Manchin, who would have fa...

May 31, 2024