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Fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations kills at least 29 people

ISTANBUL (AP) - A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for q...

Apr 2, 2024

Senegal swears in former opposition figure, recently freed from prison, as new president

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president on Tuesday, completing the previously little-known opposition figure's dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in...

Apr 2, 2024

What is World Central Kitchen and how has it helped people in Gaza?

World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef Jos Andrs, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an apparent Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners...

Apr 2, 2024

3 children wounded in a school shooting in Helsinki, police detain a suspect

HELSINKI (AP) - A shooting at a school in southern Finland wounded three children on Tuesday and police said a suspect was detained. Police said they received an alert at 09:08 a.m. over a shooting in...

Apr 2, 2024

Aid group says Israeli strike kills 7 of its workers in Gaza, including foreigners

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An apparent Israeli airstrike killed six international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver, the aid group said Tuesday, hou...

Apr 1, 2024

Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter

NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush-money criminal case expanded the former president's gag order Monday after the former president assailed the judge's daughter and made a false claim ab...

Apr 1, 2024

South Korea says North Korea has fired intermediate range missile into its eastern waters

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Tuesday test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, South Korea's military said, adding to a series of wea...

Apr 1, 2024

Florida voters will decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize pot in November

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings Monday allowing the state's voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana, rejecting ...

Apr 1, 2024

Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, but voters will soon have a say

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a cha...

Apr 1, 2024

NCAA says a 3-point line was drawn 9 inches short at Portland women's regional by court supplier

The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women's basketball regionals at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, was 9 inches short of regulation, a mistake made by the contrac...

Apr 1, 2024