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Fragile cease-fire in Gaza is back on track after hourslong delay in 2nd hostage-for-prisoner swap

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians ...

Nov 26, 2023

Pope Francis has a hospital checkup after coming down with the flu

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis went to the hospital Saturday for tests after he came down with the flu, but the results ruled out any respiratory problems, the Vatican said. Francis, who had part of one lun...

Nov 25, 2023

Pakistani shopping mall blaze kills at least 10 people and injures 22 others

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 10 people and injuring 22 others, police and local officials said Saturday....

Nov 25, 2023

Gaza cease-fire enters second day with more hostages to be exchanged and critical supplies delivered

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas was expected to swap more of its hostages Saturday for prisoners held by Israel on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into t...

Nov 25, 2023

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar w...

Nov 24, 2023

5 family members and a commercial fisherman neighbor are ID'd as dead or missing in Alaska landslide

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) - Authorities on Friday identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot ...

Nov 24, 2023

Argentina and Brazil charged by FIFA after fan violence delays World Cup qualifying game at Maracana

ZURICH (AP) - FIFA opened disciplinary cases against Argentina and Brazil on Friday after fan violence at the Maracana Stadium delayed the start of a World Cup qualifying game. The Argentine soccer fe...

Nov 24, 2023

Victims in Niagara Falls border bridge crash identified as Western New York couple

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - The two people killed when their car crashed into a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls and exploded in a fiery wreck were identified Friday as a western New York husband and...

Nov 24, 2023

South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius granted parole 10 years after killing his girlfriend

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a ki...

Nov 24, 2023

4-day truce begins in Gaza, setting stage to swap dozens of hostages for Palestinian prisoners

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early Friday, setting the stage for the exchange of dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza for Palestinians...

Nov 23, 2023