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Macron proposed increased military spending plan until 2030

MONT-DE-MARSAN, France (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday proposed a substantial boost in military spending through the end of this decade to face evolving threats. Macron announced a p...

Jan 20, 2023

Hundreds flee after fire spreads through Seoul neighborhood

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - About 500 South Koreans were forced to flee their homes after a fire spread through a low-income neighborhood in southern Seoul on Friday morning and destroyed at least 60 ho...

Jan 19, 2023

Kansas man convicted of threatening to kill congressman

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A federal jury convicted a Kansas man on Thursday after he admitted in court that he threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner. Chase Neill was found guilty after acting as his ow...

Jan 19, 2023

Biden on classified docs discovery: 'There's no there there'

APTOS, Calif. (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday there was "no there there" following the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office. "We found a handfu...

Jan 19, 2023

Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after ...

Jan 19, 2023

Lawyer: Gun used by child who shot teacher was 'secured'

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the gun he used had been "secured." The family's statement was released by an at...

Jan 19, 2023

Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand prime minister

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday she is stepping down as New Zealand's leader and will not contest this year's general elections. Fighting back tears, Ardern ...

Jan 18, 2023

Polar bear attack victims young mother and 1-year-old son

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son were identified Wednesday as the victim of a fatal polar bear attack in an isolated Alaska Native village. Summer Myomick of Saint M...

Jan 18, 2023

Israeli Supreme Court says minister barred over tax offenses

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a key member of the country's new government cannot serve as a Cabinet minister. The decision deepens a rift over the power of the courts i...

Jan 18, 2023

Helicopter crash near Ukrainian capital kills 16

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb Wednesday killed 16 people, including Ukraine's interior minister and two children, according to Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine's National Pol...

Jan 18, 2023