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Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles

PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees anno...

Apr 10, 2024

Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade

ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defendi...

Apr 10, 2024

Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas hired John Calipari as men's basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA champio...

Apr 10, 2024

3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike, relatives, Hamas media say

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Relatives and official Hamas media said Wednesday that three sons of the Islamic militant group's supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in th...

Apr 10, 2024

6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Already sentenced to federal prison, the first of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers has been sentenced on state charges for his part in torturing two Black men. Bre...

Apr 10, 2024

Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes...

Apr 10, 2024

Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000

Monaco - Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a...

Apr 10, 2024

Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Initial exit polls suggested South Korea's liberal opposition parties are expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday's parliamentary election. The joint exit polls by S...

Apr 10, 2024

Hong Kong building fire kills at least 5 people and injures 11

HONG KONG (AP) - A fire at a building in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning killed at least five people and left another 11 injured. Police said they were still receiving calls from people inside the buildi...

Apr 09, 2024

Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple's 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharme...

Apr 09, 2024