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Czech police say people have been killed in a shooting in downtown Prague

PRAGUE (AP) - Czech police say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed an unspecified number of people and wounded others. Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of Thursday's ...

Dec 21, 2023

Shohei Ohtani is the AP Male Athlete of the Year for the 2nd time in 3 years

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Before Shohei Ohtani stepped into the bright lights of Hollywood and signed the most lucrative contract in professional sports history, baseball's two-way superstar put together...

Dec 21, 2023

EU court: FIFA and UEFA defy competition law by blocking Super League

BRUSSELS (AP) - UEFA and FIFA defied European Union competition law by blocking plans for the breakaway soccer Super League, the EU's top court ruled on Thursday. The case was heard last year at the C...

Dec 21, 2023

Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age. Another 19-month-old, Frey...

Dec 20, 2023

US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor 'Fat Leonard'

MIAMI (AP) - The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitiv...

Dec 20, 2023

Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment...

Dec 20, 2023

Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

PHOENIX (AP) - With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as "The Zone." But like many...

Dec 20, 2023

Boston mayor apologizes to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder that shone spotlight on racism

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology Wednesday to two Black men who were wrongly accused in a 1989 murder of a white woman, a case that coarsened divisions in a city long spl...

Dec 20, 2023

Hamas says its top leader has arrived in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas' top leader arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, the militant group said in a statement. The visit by Ismail Haniyeh came a day after Hama...

Dec 20, 2023

Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the sta...

Dec 19, 2023