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Lawyer says worker accused of helping New Orleans jailbreak was unclogging toilet, not aiding escape

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A worker charged with aiding the New Orleans jailbreak by 10 prisoners shut off water to unclog a toilet, not to allow the men to cut the pipe to create an opening for their escape,...

May 21, 2025

IDF fires warning shots as diplomatic tour visits West Bank

OTTAWA - The Israel Defense Forces says it "regrets the inconvenience caused" by warning shots it fired as diplomats toured the West Bank city of Jenin. International media reports say that a Canadian...

May 21, 2025

Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Pentagon spokesman Sean Pa...

May 21, 2025

Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African president over killing of white farmers

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers. "Peopl...

May 21, 2025

Oman says the fifth round of indirect US-Iran talks will be Friday in Rome

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Oman's foreign minister says the fifth round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States will be held Friday in Rome. Neither Tehran nor Washington has confirmed the meeti...

May 21, 2025

After reports of deportations to South Sudan, US says it's removed 8 people convicted of crimes

WASHINGTON (AP) - Following reports of deportations to South Sudan, the Trump administration said Wednesday it has deported eight migrants convicted of crimes in the United States. Immigration authori...

May 21, 2025

An adviser to Ukrainian ex-President Viktor Yanukovych has been shot dead in Spain

MADRID (AP) - Spanish authorities said that an adviser to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was shot dead outside a school in Madrid on Wednesday. Spain's Interior Ministry identified the v...

May 21, 2025

Putin visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces from the area in April. The Kremlin said Wednesday that Putin visited Ku...

May 21, 2025

Suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children, officials say

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least four children and wounding 38 others, a government official said. A loc...

May 20, 2025

Justice Dept. investigating former New York Gov. Cuomo over pandemic testimony, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his h...

May 20, 2025