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Philippine forces find wreckage of missing fighter jet and the bodies of its 2 pilots

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine military officials said Tuesday that rescuers have found the wreckage of a missing fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region of a south...

Mar 04, 2025

LeBron James becomes first to score 50,000 combined points in NBA regular season, playoffs

LOS ANGELES (AP) - LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and post-season Tuesday night. James surpassed the mark with a 3-pointer ea...

Mar 04, 2025

Powerful US storms kill 2, bring threats from critical fire weather to blizzard conditions

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Powerful storms killed two people in Mississippi, tore the roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in a small town in Oklahoma and threatened more communities across the ...

Mar 04, 2025

China will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China said Wednesday it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year. It was announced at the National People's Congress, the annual meeting of China's legislature. The increa...

Mar 04, 2025

Trump will stand before Congress and offer a divided US an accounting of his turbulent first weeks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to take credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign policy as he updates Cong...

Mar 04, 2025

Trump administration is set to drop lawsuit pushing Idaho to allow emergency abortions, filing shows

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is expected to drop a federal lawsuit pushing for emergency abortions in Idaho, which has a strict ban on the procedure, according to court documents filed T...

Mar 04, 2025

Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending

BERLIN (AP) - The prospective partners in Germany's next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation's rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending. They said the...

Mar 04, 2025

Two suicide bombings at a military base in Pakistan kill at least 9 people and injure 25

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Attackers launched two suicide bombings to breach a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan while others stormed the compound and were repelled in violence that kill...

Mar 04, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls Oval Office spat with Trump 'regrettable'

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday the Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump was "regrettable," and that, "it is time to make things right." Zelens...

Mar 04, 2025

At least 3 Serbian lawmakers injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - At least 3 lawmakers were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia's parliament, during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown. Lawmakers wer...

Mar 04, 2025