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North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills' end

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military d...

Mar 17, 2024

Early returns show Putin has nearly 88% of the vote in election where opposition was stifled

Russian officials released early returns Sunday showing President Vladimir Putin has nearly 88% of the vote in an election where he stifled the opposition. The vote, which holds little suspense, is ta...

Mar 17, 2024

Venezuela ruling party officially makes Maduro its candidate in the July presidential election

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Saturday became his party's official nominee for July's highly anticipated presidential election, which would allow him to stroll into a...

Mar 16, 2024

Authorities order residents to shelter in place after 3 killed in suburban Philadelphia shootings

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) - Three people were killed after gunfire erupted early Saturday in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St. Patrick's Day parade and shutting down a chi...

Mar 16, 2024

India announces multi-phase general elections starting April 19 with results expected on June 4

NEW DELHI (AP) - India on Saturday announced its general elections will start on April 19 and results are expected on June 4. The voting will stretch over six weeks and seven phases, with different st...

Mar 16, 2024

Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women's prison after rampant abuse

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women's prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time th...

Mar 15, 2024

Sheriff in Maine mass shooting had cause to take killer into custody beforehand, report says

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A sheriff's office investigating a mass shooting in Maine had cause to take the killer into custody beforehand and to remove his guns, according to a report issued by an indepen...

Mar 15, 2024

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial 30 days, citing last-minute evidence dump

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through a profusion of...

Mar 15, 2024

Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter

A white Connecticut state police trooper was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a Black community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the...

Mar 15, 2024

Brazilian military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election

SAO PAULO (AP) - Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented to them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused a...

Mar 15, 2024