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South Korea’s main conservative party nominates Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo has won the presidential nomination of South Korea's main conservative party, facing an uphill battle against liberal front-runner Lee Jae-...

May 03, 2025

Woman dies when a bomb she is carrying explodes in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police say

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - A woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaoloniki when a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands, police said. The 38-year-old woman was app...

May 02, 2025

2 women shot on campus of small technical college near Los Angeles

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Two women were shot on the campus of a Southern California technical college Friday and taken to the hospital, authorities said. Mayor James Butts of Inglewood said the shooti...

May 02, 2025

Polls open in Singapore's election as its long-ruling party seeks a bigger win

SINGAPORE (AP) - Polls opened Saturday in Singapore's general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year. His People's Action Pa...

May 02, 2025

Military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary will be held on Trump's birthday

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army on Friday confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June, as part of the celebration around the service's 250th birthday. Plans for t...

May 02, 2025

Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against the legal p...

May 02, 2025

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dies at 91. He halted executions and went to prison for corruption

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state's death row, has died. He was 91. Kan...

May 02, 2025

Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois landlord who murdered a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday...

May 02, 2025

7 people are dead after a pickup and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say

ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) - A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, Idaho State Police say. The crash happened just before ...

May 02, 2025

Alternative for Germany is listed as a 'right-wing extremist' party by domestic intelligence agency

BERLIN (AP) - The German domestic intelligence service said Friday it has classified the Alternative for Germany party, which placed second in national elections in February, as a "right-wing extremis...

May 02, 2025