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Marquette University President Michael Lovell dies in Rome

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Marquette University President Michael Lovell has died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 57. Lovell had been suffering from sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that dev...

Jun 10, 2024

UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The vote on the U.S.-spons...

Jun 10, 2024

The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader's family says

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction,...

Jun 10, 2024

A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president has gone missing and a search is underway

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president's office said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vic...

Jun 10, 2024

Hunter Biden's lawyers rest their defense in his trial on federal gun charges

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Hunter Biden's lawyers rested their case Monday in the federal criminal trial of the president's son, who is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018, a...

Jun 10, 2024

The far right's election gains rattle EU's traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls

BRUSSELS (AP) - Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Ma...

Jun 10, 2024

Celtics beat Mavericks 105-98, take 2-0 lead in NBA Finals

BOSTON (AP) - Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 o...

Jun 09, 2024

Rodeo bull hops fence at Oregon arena, injures 3 before being captured

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) - A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, injuring at least three people before wranglers caught up with it, of...

Jun 09, 2024

Newly chosen Haitian prime minister discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video p...

Jun 09, 2024

French President Macron calls a snap legislative election after defeat in EU vote

PARIS (AP) - French President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the Eu...

Jun 09, 2024