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Security Council approves resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers and demanding protection

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel, and demands that all combatants protec...

May 24, 2024

Top UN court opens hearing to rule on request to order Israel to halt military operation in Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court opened a hearing Friday to deliver its decision on a request to order Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza and withdraw from the enc...

May 24, 2024

Police officer detained after 7th death in France's restive New Caledonia territory

PARIS (AP) - The French prosecutor for New Caledonia says a police officer has been taken into custody after shooting and killing a man when the officer was set upon by a group of about 15 people. Yve...

May 24, 2024

Israel’s army says the bodies of 3 more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel's army said Friday. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hern...

May 24, 2024

A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6, state media say

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - An overnight fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed at least 14 people and injured at least six others, state media said Friday. The official Vietnam News A...

May 23, 2024

Biden selected as nominee in Idaho Democratic caucuses

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Democrats on Thursday selected Joe Biden as their their nominee for the White House, giving the president more delegates after he already clinched his party's 2024 nomination...

May 23, 2024

NCAA, leagues sign off on $2.8 billion plan to set stage for dramatic change across college sports

The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sh...

May 23, 2024

Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden...

May 23, 2024

Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California's law is a response to Arizona's Su...

May 23, 2024

The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say

MADRID (AP) - Four people died and 21 more were injured Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said. The accident occurred in the city of Palma on ...

May 23, 2024