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Many feared dead in gun attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Many people are feared to have died after gunmen indiscriminately fired at tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Police have described the incident a...

Apr 22, 2025

Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The second murder trial of Karen Read, whose case has sparked a national debate on police accountability and won her legions of devoted fans, began Tuesday, more than three years ...

Apr 22, 2025

Cardinals meet at Vatican to choose date for Pope Francis' funeral

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter's Basilica, after his casket is taken by procession from the Vatican hotel where he...

Apr 22, 2025

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump adm...

Apr 21, 2025

Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme

NEW YORK (AP) - Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted Monday of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jers...

Apr 21, 2025

Kenya's John Korir follows brother's advice to men's Boston Marathon title, place in history

BOSTON (AP) - Six months after claiming the top spot on the podium at the Chicago Marathon, John Korir toed the start line of his third Boston Marathon feeling good about his chances for another stron...

Apr 21, 2025

A Wyoming judge suspends abortion clinic regulations while a lawsuit proceeds

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming's only abortion clinic can resume providing surgical abortions after a judge on Monday suspended two state laws. District Judge Thomas Campbell issued the ruling in a law...

Apr 21, 2025

Gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso - one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history - pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a st...

Apr 21, 2025

'The runners are coming': Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War

BOSTON (AP) - Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line - or almost there, as it turned out - proclaiming "the runners are coming" on Monday morning as the world's oldes...

Apr 21, 2025

Canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, postponed after the death of Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next Sun...

Apr 21, 2025