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South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief says it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Han Dong-hun o...

Dec 5, 2024

South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief said Friday that it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Ha...

Dec 5, 2024

House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz's ethics report

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House shut down Democrats' efforts Thursday to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, pushing the fate of any resolution to the yearslong investigati...

Dec 5, 2024

The National Weather Service cancels tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after 7.0 earthquake

EUREKA, Calif. (AP) - The National Weather Service has canceled its tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Thursday. At least 5.3 million people in Calif...

Dec 5, 2024

France's Macron vows to stay in office till end of term, says he'll name a new prime minister soon

PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term, due in 2027, and announced Thursday that he will name a new prime minister within days. In his addr...

Dec 5, 2024

NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo. Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis p...

Dec 5, 2024

The US government is closing a women's prison and other facilities after years of abuse and decay

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its "rape club" women's prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay a...

Dec 5, 2024

Feds say investigation found that Memphis police routinely target Black people and call for reforms

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal investigation launched after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols found that the Memphis Police Department routinely uses force in situations where it's not warranted and ...

Dec 5, 2024

Syrian army says it has withdrawn from the city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses

BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian army says it has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, in another setback for President Bashar Assad. The announcement Thursday ...

Dec 5, 2024

Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations

CAIRO (AP) - Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attac...

Dec 5, 2024