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Two explosions rock Somalia's capital, leaving "scores" dead

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia's capital near key government offices, leaving "scores of civilian casualties," police told state media. The att...

Oct 29, 2022

US judge in Arizona lets group monitor ballot drop boxes

PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona's largest county, saying that to do so could violate the its constitutional rights. U.S. Di...

Oct 28, 2022

Deaths of 8 in Oklahoma home investigated as murder-suicide

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) - The deaths of eight people - including six children - found in a burning Oklahoma home are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. The children rang...

Oct 28, 2022

US sanctions Iranian group that put bounty on Rushdie's life

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that raised money to target British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at ...

Oct 28, 2022

Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73

NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who welcomed generations of worshippers as well as political leaders from across the nation and around the world at Harlem's landmark Abyssinian Baptist C...

Oct 28, 2022

Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was "violently assaulted" by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, and he is now in the hospital and expected...

Oct 28, 2022

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, as its rival South Korea was wrapping up an annual military drill that the North views a...

Oct 27, 2022

8 found dead after house fire in Tulsa area; homicide feared

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) - Eight people were found dead Thursday after a fire was extinguished at a Tulsa-area house, and police said they were investigating the deaths as homicides. The fire was repo...

Oct 27, 2022

5 stabbed in supermarket attack in Italy, one killed

MILAN (AP) - A man armed with a knife stabbed five people Thursday inside a shopping center south of the Italian city of Milan, killing one person, Italian media reported. Police arrested a 46-year-ol...

Oct 27, 2022

Antisemitism decried four years after Pa. synagogue attack

PITTSBURGH (AP) - In what has become an annual ritual, Pittsburgh's Jewish community Thursday honored the memory of the 11 Jews who were murdered on this date in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U....

Oct 27, 2022