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El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele's inauguration

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador said authorities have broken up a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele's inauguration on Saturday. The country's ...

May 31, 2024

Trump delivers rambling response to guilty verdict, falsely blasting 'rigged trial,' slamming Cohen

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York's criminal justice system Friday as he tried to repackage his conviction on 34...

May 31, 2024

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complication...

May 31, 2024

Police arrest 'many' at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz, school says

Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment and barricades where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the ma...

May 31, 2024

French security authorities foil a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) - The French interior minister said Friday that security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics. Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that the membe...

May 31, 2024

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing 'partisan extremism'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Body Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans. Manchin, who would have fa...

May 31, 2024

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military has confirmed that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. The military said in a statement Frida...

May 31, 2024

Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim

BERLIN (AP) - An assailant with a knife attacked and wounded several people in a square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday, police said. Police shot at the attacker, who also was hu...

May 31, 2024

Slovak prime minister who was shot in an assassination attempt is released from the hospital

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from a hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt. Miriam Lapunikova, the director of t...

May 31, 2024

Russian missiles kill 4 people in Kharkiv after Biden OKs a Ukrainian response using U.S. weapons

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The German government says Ukraine can use weapons it delivers against attacks from positions just over the Russian border. The government said in a statement Friday that, togethe...

May 31, 2024