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Schauffele gets another major scoring record and sets the pace at PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Xander Schauffele broke the PGA Championship scoring record, seizing on the rain-softened conditions at Valhalla on Thursday with a 9-under 62 to set the early target. Schauffel...

May 16, 2024

The top UN court opens hearings on the Israeli military's incursion into Rafah

THE HAGUE (AP) - The United Nations' top court on Thursday opened two days of hearings into a request from South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafa...

May 16, 2024

White House blocks release of Biden’s special counsel interview audio, says GOP is being political

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur that's at the center a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Mer...

May 16, 2024

Georgia's president says a controversial foreign influence bill passed by parliament is unacceptable

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday a "foreign influence" bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is "unacceptable" and can't be m...

May 16, 2024

South Korean court rejects effort to block plan that would boost medical school admissions

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court ruled in favor of the government's contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions on Thursday. A standoff between the government and doc...

May 16, 2024

Slovakian leader is in stable but serious condition after assassination attempt, hospital says

BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition on Thursday after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt a day earlier, a hospit...

May 16, 2024

US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged ...

May 15, 2024

Xi meets Russia's Putin on a state visit to China that's a show of unity between the allies

BEIJING (AP) - China's leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an official ceremony Thursday as he opened a state visit to China. Putin's visit comes as Russia has become more ...

May 15, 2024

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that call...

May 15, 2024

Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experien...

May 15, 2024