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5 people charged after migrant boat capsized, killing 3, including 14-year-old boy from India

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Federal officials filed charges Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego's Pacific coast, killing three people, ...

May 6, 2025

The Latest: India fires missiles across the border with Pakistan, killing at least 1, officials say

India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials s...

May 6, 2025

Trump says only 21 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now believed to be alive

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. "As of today, it's 21, three have died," Trump s...

May 6, 2025

An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip is met with alarm

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip and expand the military operation has alarmed many in the region. Palestinians are exhausted and hopeless, pummeled by 19 month...

May 6, 2025

India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pak...

May 6, 2025

Civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida deputy’s killing of US Airman Roger Fortson

The family of a U.S. airman who was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff's deputy inside his own home in 2024 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday over his killing. The complaint filed in a Pensa...

May 6, 2025

Conservative leader Merz overcomes historic defeat to become Germany’s chancellor

BERLIN (AP) - Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany's next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic los...

May 6, 2025

Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The court acted i...

May 6, 2025

Rescue crews recover the body of a 10-year-old girl lost in Texas floods

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - The body of a 10-year-old girl who was swept away in rapidly rising floodwaters has been recovered, Brenham Police Chief Mark Donovan said Tuesday. Her body was found as forecast...

May 6, 2025

Israel's military says it has fully disabled Yemen's main airport with airstrikes

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Tuesday it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that fully disabled the country's international airport in the capital, Sanaa. The ...

May 6, 2025