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Israel says it intercepted rocket fired from Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. It was the first time in months that a rocket has been fired into Israel from the b...

Apr 18, 2022

Kenyan Evans Chebet wins Boston Marathon in return to spring

BOSTON (AP) - Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon on Monday as the race returned to its traditional Patriots' Day spot in the schedule for the first time since the start of the coronavirus p...

Apr 18, 2022

Missiles cause multiple explosions in western Ukrainian city

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Witnesses say multiple explosions believed to be caused by missiles struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early Monday. Lviv and the rest of western Ukraine have been less aff...

Apr 18, 2022

For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship

BOSTON (AP) - For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marked the first time since 2019 that they gathered in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year's holiest days side b...

Apr 17, 2022

Police arrest suspect in South Carolina mall shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Police have arrested a 22-year-old male in connection with a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina's capital on Saturday that left 14 people injured. Columbia Police...

Apr 16, 2022

Russia strikes Ukraine's big cities, bears down on Mariupol

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in an apparent strategy to hobble Ukraine's defenses in preparat...

Apr 16, 2022

12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina's capital, authorities said. Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said three people ...

Apr 16, 2022

Students make video to prove their high school needs repairs

WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) - The short documentary video opens with a high school student explaining how human waste flows up from the ground and floods an area where he and his friends eat lunch. In the eig...

Apr 16, 2022

Over 900 civilians dead around Kyiv, Russia vows new attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Indignant over what it called Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory and following the stunning loss of its Black Sea flagship, Moscow threatened renewed missile attacks on Kyiv, ...

Apr 15, 2022

Ex-WNBA guard pleads not guilty to strangling former partner

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Former WNBA player Shoni Schimmel was arrested Friday and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a former partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon. Schimmel, 2...

Apr 15, 2022