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Newgarden goes back-to-back at Indy 500 to give Penske record-extending 20th win

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Josef Newgarden put his cheating scandal behind him to become the first back-to-back winner of the Indianapolis 500 since Helio Castroneves 22 years ago and give Roger Penske a rec...

May 26, 2024

Grayson Murray's parents say the two-time PGA Tour winner died of suicide

Grayson Murray's parents said Sunday their 30-year-old son took his own life, just one day after he withdrew from a PGA Tour event. The family asked for privacy and that people honour Murray by being ...

May 26, 2024

North Korea informs Japan of a plan to launch satellite

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Japan says North Korea has informed it of a plan to launch a satellite by June 3. Japan's coast guard said Monday it has been notified by North Korea about its planned launch...

May 26, 2024

4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in Peru

LA OROYA, Peru (AP) - Four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided Sunday in central Peru, the country's national police said. Authorit...

May 26, 2024

At least 9 dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Powerful storms killed at least nine people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop wh...

May 26, 2024

12 people injured after Qatar Airways plane hits turbulence on flight to Dublin

LONDON (AP) - Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways plane flying from Doha to Dublin on Sunday hit turbulence, airport authorities said. Eight of the injured were hospitalized. Dublin Airpor...

May 26, 2024

Sirens sound in Tel Aviv as Hamas says it fired rockets from Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday and Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Ga...

May 26, 2024

UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670. Serhan Aktopr...

May 26, 2024

Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says

Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details on the circumstanc...

May 25, 2024

At least 20 dead in a fire in an amusement park in western India, police say.

NEW DELHI (AP) - A massive fire broke out Saturday in an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, leaving at least 20 people dead, police said. The fire erupted at the park in the city of Raj...

May 25, 2024