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USA Basketball announces its men's team for the Paris Olympics

LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history. And they're jus...

Apr 17, 2024

Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave

BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myi...

Apr 16, 2024

Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist a...

Apr 16, 2024

Shomari Figures wins Democratic nomination in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, has won the Democratic nomination in a runoff for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District. Figures def...

Apr 16, 2024

New leader of Jesse Jackson's civil rights organization steps down less than 3 months on the job

CHICAGO (AP) - A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job. The Rev. Frederick Hayn...

Apr 16, 2024

House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial

WASHINGTON (AP) - House impeachment managers walked two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas across the Capitol to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to ...

Apr 16, 2024

Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the closure of his country's embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by E...

Apr 16, 2024

Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based di...

Apr 16, 2024

Trump returns to court after first day of his hush money criminal trial ended with no jurors picked

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he ...

Apr 16, 2024

Fire rages through the 17th-century old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen and its spire has collapsed

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - One of Copenhagen's oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark's fina...

Apr 16, 2024