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A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6, state media say

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - An overnight fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed at least 14 people and injured at least six others, state media said Friday. The official Vietnam News A...

May 23, 2024

Biden selected as nominee in Idaho Democratic caucuses

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Democrats on Thursday selected Joe Biden as their their nominee for the White House, giving the president more delegates after he already clinched his party's 2024 nomination...

May 23, 2024

NCAA, leagues sign off on $2.8 billion plan to set stage for dramatic change across college sports

The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sh...

May 23, 2024

Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden...

May 23, 2024

Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California's law is a response to Arizona's Su...

May 23, 2024

The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say

MADRID (AP) - Four people died and 21 more were injured Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said. The accident occurred in the city of Palma on ...

May 23, 2024

Baltimore's former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man's death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for per...

May 23, 2024

Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A northern Arizona man was convicted in a jury trial Thursday of first-degree murder and other crimes in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. Authorities say the bo...

May 23, 2024

Officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler disciplined for not having bodycam activated

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving "corrective action" for not having his body-worn camera ac...

May 23, 2024

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passag...

May 23, 2024