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Toxic gas leak in South Africa kills 16 people, including three children, police say

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - At least 16 people, including three children, died when toxic gas leaked from a cyclinder near Johannesburg, South African police said Wednesday. Emergency services said that as ma...

Jul 05, 2023

Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday day called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban ...

Jul 05, 2023

Monday may have set a global record for the hottest day ever. Tuesday broke it

The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human recordkeeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. For two straig...

Jul 05, 2023

UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court Wednesday over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passeng...

Jul 05, 2023

Palestinians inspect damage after Israel ends raid of West Bank camp and warns it was not a one-off

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Israel withdrew troops from a West Bank militant stronghold Wednesday but warned that its most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two d...

Jul 05, 2023

Air raid sirens sound in southern Israel, raising risk of new front of fighting

JENIN, West Bank (AP) - The Israeli military is reporting air-raid sirens in southern Israel, indicating rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. A rocket strike would risk opening up a new front of fighting ...

Jul 04, 2023

Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wi...

Jul 04, 2023

Happy with a safe pair of hands as the war drags on, NATO again extends Stoltenberg's mandate

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will stay in office for another year, the 31-nation military alliance decided on Tuesday. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, has be...

Jul 04, 2023

Multiple people shot in Philadelphia; suspect in custody

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Multiple people were shot in Philadelphia on Monday night, according to police. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told The Associated Press there were "multiple...

Jul 03, 2023

Senegalese President Macky Sall says he won't seek a third term in 2024 elections after protests

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year's elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that...

Jul 03, 2023