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Singapore dissolves parliament, paving the way for general elections

Singapore's parliament was dissolved Tuesday, paving the way for general elections in which the city-state's long-ruling People's Action Party will seek to strengthen its dominance under Prime Ministe...

Apr 15, 2025

FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations direct...

Apr 14, 2025

Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard

BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administr...

Apr 14, 2025

Boxing legend George Foreman remembered for love of family, faith, cheeseburgers

HOUSTON (AP) - George Foreman was remembered Monday in a memorial service in his hometown of Houston for his legendary boxing career as well as for his love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers - ...

Apr 14, 2025

Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's president said on Monday that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central par...

Apr 14, 2025

US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base,...

Apr 14, 2025

Months after CEO's killing, a reported intruder is arrested at UnitedHealthcare headquarters

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) - A person was arrested near UnitedHealthcare's headquarters after reports of an intruder, months after the company's CEO was killed, authorities said Monday. Police in the Minn...

Apr 14, 2025

Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars an...

Apr 14, 2025

Former Colorado deputy gets 3 years in prison for fatally shooting man who called for help

DENVER (AP) - A former Colorado sheriff's deputy convicted in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help was sentenced Monday to three years in prison. In February, ju...

Apr 14, 2025

Former Malaysian leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who extended political freedoms, dies at 85

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country's political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership, has died of ...

Apr 14, 2025