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Brazil's federal police arrest men suspected of ordering 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of so...

Mar 24, 2024

Worldwide support pours in for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after shocking cancer reveal

LONDON (AP) - Support poured in from around the world Saturday for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed in a candid video message that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following ma...

Mar 24, 2024

Biden and Trump win Louisiana's presidential primary having already clinched nominations

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana's primary on Saturday, collecting more delegates after they already clinched their party nominations. Biden also a...

Mar 23, 2024

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of...

Mar 23, 2024

A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station blasted off Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carryin...

Mar 23, 2024

Russian detains 11 people after concert hall attack claimed by Islamic State

MOSCOW (AP) - Eleven people have been detained after an attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed 60, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, accordi...

Mar 23, 2024

What we know and don't know about Kate's cancer diagnosis

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy - though in a video announcement Friday, she did not say what kind of cancer or reveal details of her trea...

Mar 23, 2024

Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin Mc...

Mar 22, 2024

Texas school bus with more 40 students crashes, killing 2 people, authorities say

BASTROP, Texas (AP) - A school bus carrying more than 40 prekindergarten students on a field trip collided with a concrete truck and rolled over Friday in Texas, killing two people, authorities said. ...

Mar 22, 2024

MLB launches investigation into Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara following gambling reports

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into illegal gambling and theft allegations involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Mizu...

Mar 22, 2024