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Death toll from reaches 151 in north-central Nigeria town submerged in floods, thousands displaced

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - At least 151 people have now been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall unleashed flooding in a market town in north-central Nigeria, the local emergency services told The Associat...

May 31, 2025

Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change, dry spells and heavy rainfall

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that drowned at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, official...

May 30, 2025

Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, pushing the total number...

May 30, 2025

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel lawsuit against BBC

LONDON (AP) - Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams won his libel suit against the BBC on Friday over a claim he authorized the killing of an informant. A jury at the High Court in Dublin ruled in Adams...

May 30, 2025

Officials say at least 2 people are dead and 8 are missing after stone quarry collapse in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A natural stones quarry in Indonesia's West Java province collapsed on several people who were working inside on Friday, killing at least two people and leaving several worke...

May 30, 2025

Faizan Zaki wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee a year after finishing runner-up

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence. Given a second chanc...

May 29, 2025

Former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud, has died

NEW YORK (AP) - Bernie Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died. He was 69. FBI Director Kash Patel confir...

May 29, 2025

White House says Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire; Hamas evaluating

Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said Thursday. "I can confirm that special envoy (Steve) Witkoff and the president submitted a ceasefire p...

May 29, 2025

Man who blamed exposure to far-right content gets 3 years for threatening election officials

DENVER (AP) - A man who blamed exposure to far-right extremist content for motivating his online threats to kill Democratic election officials Colorado and Arizona was sentenced Thursday to three year...

May 29, 2025

Argentine court declares a mistrial in the case over the death of soccer star Maradona

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - An Argentine court on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona, the late...

May 29, 2025