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New German government plans to boost border controls to curb migration

BERLIN (AP) - Germany's new government said Wednesday it will start increasing border controls to clamp down on migration. Germany's new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said that more police woul...

May 07, 2025

Turkish Tufts University student detained by ICE can be sent to Vermont, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge's order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whe...

May 07, 2025

Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

The NHL team in Salt Lake City is now known as the Utah Mammoth. Owners Ryan and Ashley Smith unveiled the franchise's permanent name Thursday morning after more than a year of fan input and voting. "...

May 07, 2025

Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

The NHL team in Salt Lake City is now known as the Utah Mammoth. Owners Ryan and Ashley Smith unveiled the franchise's permanent name Thursday morning after more than a year of fan input and voting. "...

May 07, 2025

Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November's election to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs on Wednesday, two days after a federal ju...

May 07, 2025

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison - the maximum penalty for the offense - for violating wildlife c...

May 07, 2025

Cardinals process into St Peter’s Basilica for a final Mass before conclave to elect the next pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals entered St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope. The Mass precedes the secretive, ritual-filled process to ...

May 07, 2025

Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official told The...

May 07, 2025

India fires missiles into Pakistani territory in what Islamabad calls 'act of war'

ISLAMABAD (AP) - India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early Wednesday, killing at least 19 people including a child, in what Pakistan's leader called an act of...

May 06, 2025

Venezuelan opposition members leave Argentine diplomatic compound after sheltering for over a year

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Five members of Venezuela's political opposition left the Argentine diplomatic compound in their country's capital, Caracas, where they had sheltered for more than a year to ...

May 06, 2025