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Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

HOUSTON (AP) - Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and ang...

Mar 15, 2023

Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian authorities say that they will try to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that American forces brought down in the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian...

Mar 15, 2023

Honduras will seek to establish diplomatic ties with China

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras President Xiomara Castro announced Tuesday that her government will seek to establish diplomatic relations with China, which would imply severing relations with T...

Mar 14, 2023

Iditarod co-founder's grandson Ryan Redington wins dog race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome's main street. Redington, 40, is the gr...

Mar 14, 2023

US no longer seeking death for man convicted in Sjodin case

U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they will no longer seek the death penalty for the man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of college student Dru Sjodin in 2003 in a case that led to changes in...

Mar 14, 2023

Seoul: North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Tuesday in Pyongyang's second show of force this week, officials said, a day after the beg...

Mar 13, 2023

Divided jury means no death penalty for NYC bike path killer

NEW YORK (AP) - A split among jurors means there will be no death penalty for an Islamic extremist who maniacally raced a truck along a popular New York City bike path, killing eight people and maimin...

Mar 13, 2023

Biden administration lets Ukrainians who fled war stay in US

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is allowing thousands of Ukrainians who fled their homeland when Russia invaded a year ago to stay in the United States longer, the administration said Monda...

Mar 13, 2023

North Korea tests submarine-launched missile, Seoul confirms

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Monday it has conducted submarine-launched cruise missile tests, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to be ready to repel its rivals' "frant...

Mar 12, 2023

Iran claims prisoner swap with US; US calls it 'cruel lie'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's top diplomat claimed Sunday that a prisoner swap was near with the U.S., though he offered no evidence to support his assertion. The U.S. immediately dismisse...

Mar 12, 2023