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Army sergeant shot 5 soldiers before he was tackled and arrested at Fort Stewart, officials say

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - A sergeant shot five soldiers Wednesday at one the country's largest Army bases before he was quickly tackled by other Fort Stewart troops, forcing a brief lockdown, officials...

Aug 6, 2025

Trump could meet in person with Putin as soon as next week, White House official says

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump could meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week as he seeks to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, a White House official ...

Aug 6, 2025

Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers indicted on federal hate crimes charges

WASHINGTON (AP) - The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum has been indicted on federal hate crimes charges, according to cour...

Aug 6, 2025

MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game

NEW YORK (AP) - Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the...

Aug 6, 2025

5 soldiers shot at Army's Fort Stewart in Georgia, base reports

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at the Army's Fort Stewart in Georgia, the base said in a social media post. Parts of the Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia were locked down a...

Aug 6, 2025

Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new r...

Aug 6, 2025

Italy greenlights a $15.5 billion project to build bridge linking Sicily to the mainland

MILAN (AP) - A long-delayed and debated bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, allowing work to begin on what would be the world's longest suspension bridge,...

Aug 6, 2025

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Bosnia's electoral authorities on Wednesday stripped separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, follo...

Aug 6, 2025

Trump's envoy meets Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline, the Kremlin says

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks, days before the White House's deadline for Russia to reach a peace dea...

Aug 6, 2025

4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement. A Beechcraft 300 from the CSI Aviation com...

Aug 5, 2025