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UK police face far-right rioters seeking to enter hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers

LONDON (AP) - Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right activists Sunday who were seeking to break into a hotel believed to be housing asylum see...

Aug 04, 2024

Violence in Bangladesh leaves many people dead, hundreds injured as protests continue

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A new round of violence in Bangladesh has left more than 20 people dead and hundreds injured as student protesters clashed with police and ruling party activists on Sunday, of...

Aug 04, 2024

Tropical depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Debby as it moves through Gulf toward Florida

MIAMI (AP) - A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico has strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center ...

Aug 03, 2024

Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida's East ...

Aug 03, 2024

Iran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas' Haniyeh, reiterates vows of retaliation

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel...

Marty Hastings Aug 03, 2024

Some Yankee Stadium bleachers fans chant `U-S-A!' during `O Canada' before game against Blue Jays

NEW YORK (AP) - A segment of fans in Yankee Stadium's right field bleachers chanted "U-S-A! U-S-A!" during the playing of "O Canada" on Friday night before the game between New York and the Toronto Bl...

Aug 02, 2024

Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui fires reach $4B global settlement, court filings say

HONOLULU (AP) - The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year's Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S....

Aug 02, 2024

Defense Secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reins...

Aug 02, 2024

US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier there

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, as President Joe Biden made ...

Aug 02, 2024

Jury reaches verdict in baby abandonment case, court spokesperson says

A jury has reached a verdict in the case of a mother charged with abandoning her newborn in subfreezing temperatures after giving birth in the woods, a court spokesperson said Friday. Av Harris sent a...

Aug 02, 2024