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Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickso...

Apr 30, 2024

Metro train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles, injuring more than 50, 2 seriously

LOS ANGELES (AP) - At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown...

Apr 30, 2024

Haiti's transitional council names new prime minister in hopes of quelling stifling violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's newly installed transitional presidential council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country's prime minister Tuesday as it presses forward in its...

Apr 30, 2024

The Latest | Judge finds Trump violated gag order in hush money case 9 times, fines him $9K

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush money trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen open accounts. ...

Apr 30, 2024

Trump held in contempt of court for violating gag order in hush money case and ordered to pay $9,000

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some ...

Apr 30, 2024

The top UN court will rule shortly on Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt aid to Israel

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The president of the top United Nations court opened a hearing Tuesday to deliver judges' decision on a request by Nicaragua to order a halt to German military and other ...

Apr 30, 2024

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are shelterin...

Apr 30, 2024

Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring other people

LONDON (AP) - A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said Tuesday. A 36-year...

Apr 30, 2024

Protesters take over Columbia University's Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations

NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest esc...

Apr 30, 2024

Chinese scientist who published first sequence of COVID virus protests after being evicted from lab

SHANGHAI (AP) - The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an...

Apr 30, 2024