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Biden wins the North Dakota Democratic primary

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - President Joe Biden has won North Dakota's Democratic presidential primary. The state party on Saturday announced the results of the mostly mail-in primary. The party began circu...

Mar 30, 2024

Cambridge continues Boat Race dominance with double victory over Oxford

LONDON (AP) - Cambridge extended its dominant run in the annual Boat Race with victories in the men's and women's events on a polluted River Thames on Saturday. The men claimed a fifth trophy in six y...

Mar 30, 2024

Napoli players take a knee in public show of support after alleged racial abuse of Juan Jesus

ROME (AP) - Napoli's players took a knee before their Serie A game against Atalanta on Saturday in a public show of support for teammate Juan Jesus. It came after a sports judge ruled that Inter Milan...

Mar 30, 2024

Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar

JERUSALEM (AP) - An international charity says a three-ship convoy has left a port in Cyprus to deliver 400 tons of food and other supplies to Gaza as concerns about hunger there soar. World Central K...

Mar 30, 2024

Police say multiple people are being held hostage in a Dutch town. They have evacuated nearby homes

EDE, Netherlands (AP) - Heavily armed police cordoned off part of a Dutch town on Saturday, saying that multiple people were being held hostage in a building there. Police spokesman Simen Klok told Th...

Mar 30, 2024

Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum, the Vatican said, adding to concerns about his frail health during a particularly busy liturgical period. F...

Mar 29, 2024

'Ozempig' remains Minnesota baseball team's mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming

For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense. The St. ...

Mar 29, 2024

France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge

France says it has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics this summer, as organizers finalize security planning for the...

Mar 29, 2024

The leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party steps down amid police probe

LONDON (AP) - The leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party has stepped down from the top job after being charged with allegations of a historic nature, the party said in a statement on Frid...

Mar 29, 2024

Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession

TAXCO, Mexico (AP) - A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before th...

Mar 28, 2024