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Philadelphia labor union powerbroker gets 6 years for bribery and theft

READING, Pa. (AP) - A former Philadelphia labor leader who wielded significant clout in Pennsylvania politics was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison for bribing a City Council member and ste...

Jul 11, 2024

US sanctions a Venezuela gang for spreading criminal activity across Latin America

MIAMI (AP) - The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Venezuela's Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization and offered a $12 million reward for the arrest of its leaders. The gan...

Jul 11, 2024

2 miners are missing and 17 were injured after a coal mine accident in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Two Polish coal miners remained unaccounted for and at least 17 were injured when a tremor struck the Rydultowy coal mine deep underground on Thursday, officials said. An earthqu...

Jul 11, 2024

Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures. But it says tank strike on home did not kill Israelis

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that Israeli hostages held in a home struck by tank fire on Oct. 7 were likely killed by Hamas militants, not the Israeli shelling. The conclusions ...

Jul 11, 2024

Biden confronts decisive day in his campaign, as his team says no Democrat would do better

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden campaign is laying out what it sees as its path to winning the White House in a new memo sent to its staffers Thursday, saying that winning the Blue Wall states of Wisconsi...

Jul 11, 2024

Jasmine Paolini reaches her second consecutive Grand Slam final by beating Donna Vekic at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) - Jasmine Paolini reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over unseeded Donna Vekic at Wimbledon on Thursday in a rollicking match that lasted 2...

Jul 11, 2024

Kenyan president dismisses Cabinet ministers after weeks of protests over taxation, poor governance

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of p...

Jul 11, 2024

Hurricane Beryl's remnants flood Vermont a year after the state was hit by catastrophic rainfall

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - The remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused damaging flooding in Vermont on Thursday, a year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of the state. Roads were flooded, washed out ...

Jul 11, 2024

Fire breaks out in the spire of the medieval cathedral in the French city of Rouen

PARIS (AP) - French authorities say a fire broke out Thursday on the spire of the medieval cathedral in the Normandy city of Rouen. Witnesses speaking on BFM television described smoke emanating from ...

Jul 11, 2024

China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of 'enabler' of Russia's Ukraine war

BEIJING (AP) - China accused NATO on Thursday of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same "chaos" to Asia. The statement by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

Jul 11, 2024